My podcast with Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party in England and Wales, was published last night: I make no apology for the fact
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Why 2% inflation?
Catherine Mann of the Bank of England says inflation will stay above 2%. But what if the problem isn’t inflation but is the target itself?
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The Scottish Currency Group conference
I’ll be speaking (remotely) at the Scottish Currency Group conference this weekend: You can also attend remotely. Tickets are available here. And this should be
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Fools, the ability to think, and crashes
As Katie Martin noted in the FT this morning: A couple of months ago, warning about a bubble in the world’s most important stock market
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Inflation: there’s nothing to say except the big question no one wants to ask
There’s nothing to say about the inflation data out this morning from the ONS, about which they said: The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by
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Andrew Windsor, the media, and the wrong question
I posted a video about power, responsibility and the abuse of both in the context of the demand that Andrew Windsor be stripped of all
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What is the UK’s real debt crisis?
There’s a real debt crisis in Britain – but it’s not the one the politicians or journalists are talking about. While Rachel Reeves and the
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Prince Andrew: still too privileged?
What does Prince Andrew have to do with political economy? Quite a lot. In this video I explain how royal privilege reveals the deeper structures
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There will be a lot of nonsense talked about government borrowing today
The Guardian published this at 7.20 this morning: Newsflash: UK government borrowing has hit its highest level since the Covid-19 pandemic in the first half
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