I keep being told by right-wing trolls that I am wrong to suggest the merits of investing in bonds and that no long-term investor would
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There is hope: as people are getting older they are no longer moving to the right
This chart is from the FT this morning: The argument is a simple one. It is that as people get older they are no longer
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A new economic narrative for the left
Having posted review articles for the past couple of days I did wonder what I thought my most important post of the year was since
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Recession, protest, monarchy and renewal: 2023 in prospect
When I discussed my post reviewing 2022 in retrospect yesterday with one of my sons I mentioned that I was musing on keywords around which
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Chaos, incompetence, inflation and long-Covid: 2022 in retrospect
2022 was not a great year. It may go down as memorable because of war and all is consequences. But that’s not a reason to
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The radical economics of Christmas
It only took a tweet from the Archbishop of Canterbury fo me to break my promise to stop writing for Christmas. This was the resulting
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As and when
have no doubt I could write several posts this morning. Ministers are lying. Public services are in chaos and employees in them are rightly protesting.
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Sunset at Welney
The holidays are coming. This afternoon I bunked off to watch birds at WWT Welney, which is just over the border into Norfolk. This was
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The government cannot win the NHS pay dispute
This chart comes from the FT: What is apparent is that the Covid crisis created a disconnect between public and private sector pay that it
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