Autumn’s imminent arrival was very obvious when walking today. Those plants still flowering were surrounded by the flowers that had already gone over: But it
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Reforming the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committe: the view from the Mile End Road
I have mentioned in another blog the work Danny Blanchflower and I are proposing to do now. Amongst those things, we are discussing writing a
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Economics for the person on the Mile End Road
I have published this video this morning. In it I argue that economics always seems to be written from the perspective of the City of
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Banning smoking outside pubs is not going to solve the problems in the NHS
There is a problem in the NHS. There are too many sick people in the UK. The number of times people see a GP a
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What can you do?
There have been a number of comments here of late asking what people can do to promote the issues of concern discussed on this blog.
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The problem with AI
The Guardian’s Gaby Hinsliff said in a column published yesterday: The idea of using technology as a kind of magic bullet enabling the state to
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Labour without the pain
This morning’s video repeats a theme that first aired here yesterday because there is, overall, little overlap between this blog’s readers and my YouTube viewers.
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On Politics Joe
I was on the Politics Joe podcast yesterday: This was an enjoyable exchange. If you do not want to listen to the whole thing, my
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The self-interested paranoia of the wealthy
The FT has reported that: Fears that the UK government will raise capital gains tax in its October Budget are driving a “frenzy” of activity
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