The St Louis Fed is one of the state central banks of the USA, serving the state of Missouri. That might, to many, make it
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The Tories: who would have thought it?
From Wikipedia: As a political term, Tory was an insult (derived from the Middle Irish word tóraidhe, modern Irish tóraÃ, meaning “outlaw”, “robber”, from the
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Economic Man vs Humanity: a Puppet Rap Battle
How to find £50 billion
This post began life as a Twitter thread. It builds on a post made here, yesterday. Some added charts and links have been included. —–
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The Bank of England balance sheet
There are moments when it is wise to think a reconsideration is appropriate. My suggestion for perpetual debt did not go down well yesterday. But
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Scottish currency
There are two straightforward reasons for sharing this tweet here. The first is to promote the Scottish Currency Group, to which I am an adviser.
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Where has all the money gone?
Do you remember that very poor joke from Liam Byrne about the UK having run out of money? It cost Labour dear. But now the
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Question Time is recruiting and informed people need to apply
I am sharing this in full from the BBC because I believe there are commentators here more than able to fill the role the BBC
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How did UK politics reach this low point?
I am not the first person to note that government ministers were lying through their back teeth about the benefits of Brexit yesterday. On this
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