2021 December 07

People think 8% of UK government spending is on MPs and that all pensioners share just 11% of government spending between them

Posted on December 7 2021

It is staggering how little people know about the UK economy. I noticed this chart is part of the thread on Twitter yesterday: The research
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If we want thriving markets in the UK we have to beat tax evasion, but the government is not listening

Posted on December 7 2021

I noticed this article in the American Economic Review yesterday: Nothing surprises me about this finding, which is completely consistent with arguments I have been
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Why do we have dire public services in the UK? Could it be something to do with our refusal to pay for them?

Posted on December 7 2021

When you’re asked why the UK has dire public services one entirely appropriate answer could be that we’re simply not willing to pay for them.
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Beating Covid is possible, but not with current economic policies

Posted on December 7 2021

I was asked to speak at an event organised by the Zero-Covid Coalition last night. This group takes the epidemiologically logical approach that the only
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