I posted this video, which explains why more government spending in the UK is likely to require more tax revenue to be raised, at least
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Scotland’s political problem
The SNP government in Scotland is in trouble. The coalition agreement with the Greens in Scotland (who are a different party to the Greens in
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Freedom from fear
I posted this video on YouTube this morning: The transcript is as follows: Freedom from fear is one of the things that every politician should
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Do we have a sickness culture or a sick benefits system?
The FT has offered an an analysis in so-called sick note culture today. Its conclusion is that there is no such thing. The data on
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Rail nationalisation is a welcome step – but only the first step of many Labour will need to take
Labour has said it plans to renationalise almost all of Britain’s railways. I welcome that. The simple fact that it is willing to acknowledge that
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Bag of tricks
Money for nothing and my Tweets for free
I was sent a promotion by Abebooks yesterday suggesting I might like to buy a copy of ‘Money for Nothing and My Tweets for Free’,
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Stephanie Kelton in action on late night US TV
This was Stephanie Kelton on The Daily Show in the USA last night, talking about modern monetary theory: In case the link does not work
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We need to be awake to nature
One of the strangest consequences of running a blog that has quite a high volume of traffic is that I receive a great many press
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