The Banque de France has issued a working paper on modern monetary theory (MMT). In the introduction to it they say: In the last few
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I welcome this editorial from the FT this morning: There is nothing much in the editorial that I have not said before. It is, however,
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This chart is in data just published for August by the Bank of England: Bank lending to businesses is now negative i.e. in aggregate businesses
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As the Guardian note today: The millions of gas boilers in the UK’s homes produce twice as much climate-heating carbon emissions as all the nation’s
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I did an interview on the above theme for an undergraduate run website called Economics Unlocked recently. This is their short version of the interview.
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Keir Starmer delivers his speech to the Labour Party conference today. It might be an absolute barnstormer. Even if it is it would be hard
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The Financial Reporting Council report on the failings of Grant Thornton within their audit of Patisserie Valerie was issued yesterday. The report makes for grisly
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Labour had a vote on whether it should back proportional representation yesterday. This was the result: As Neil Lawson at Compass said in a mail
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The Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, gave a speech yesterday. It was intended to set out his view on the future direction
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