I did not give much attention yesterday to the claimed fall in public sector borrowing in December 2023. I did so overnight and found the
Read the full article…
How Rachel Reeves will find more than £50 billion a year for public spending
I was interviewed yesterday by a journalist who wanted to know what I thought Rachel Reeves might do with regard to business taxation, and corporation
Read the full article…
The Taxing Wealth Report 2024: an update
I have this morning published the latest note within the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. Unusually, and for the first time, this note suggests a change
Read the full article…
Neoliberalism kills
As the Guardian notes in a mail this morning: Before a vaccine for measles was created, there were regular epidemics that caused approximately 2.6 million
Read the full article…
When millions face fuel poverty we must redistribute more income and wealth in this country so that all have a chance of flourishing within it
As the Guardian is reporting this morning: More than 2 million people across the UK will be cut off from their gas and electricity this
Read the full article…
The Taxing Wealth Report: Abolishing the UK’s student tax would cost £4 billion a year
I have this morning published the latest note in my series that will make up the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. This latest note suggests that the
Read the full article…
People want debt
As the FT notes this morning: US corporate bond markets are “on fire” as companies have sold a record $150bn of debt since the start
Read the full article…
Aren’t sanctions to force Netanyahu from office essential now?
The FT has reported this morning that: The EU has urged member states to impose “consequences” on Israel if its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues
Read the full article…
The UK economy is just a tale of one failed decision after another
If you ever watched Alan Bennett’s ‘The History Boys’, you will know that according to one of the characters, ‘history is just one fucking thing
Read the full article…

Buy me a coffee!
