Neoliberal Myths
Friday, February 10th, 2023Once the Tax Research Glossary is up and running with sufficient entries to make it useful the next issue that I intend to tackle is
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When the pursuit of ever greater wealth for the already wealthy is the goal of society something has to break
Saturday, May 18th, 2024The Dow Jones Index of traded shares values in the USA hit 40,000 yesterday, for the first time. This is the index over the past
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The sectoral balances show that the government has very little control over the national debt
Wednesday, May 15th, 2024I have posted a video this morning in which I argue that when the government discusses what it calls national debt, it forgets something really
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Jacob Rees-Mogg is right: the Bank of England is a massive threat to our well-being
Monday, May 13th, 2024The Guardian has reported this morning that: Jacob Rees-Mogg has accused the Bank of England of “miserable incompetence” over its failure to reduce inflation more
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We do not have a national debt
Saturday, May 11th, 2024I posted this video this morning: The transcript is as follows: We don’t have a national debt in the UK. We do have national savings,
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How banks create money
Thursday, May 9th, 2024I posted this video on YouTube this morning: In case the video is not embedded properly (and that happens sometimes) it is available here. The
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Why we have a national debt
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024I posted this video on YouTube this morning: The transcript is as follows: We really need a national debt in the UK. If you listen
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Since Reeves and the Tories have a shared economic DNA, how different can she ever be?
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024The FT has an article this morning, of which the headlines are as follows: Are Labour and the Conservatives adopting ‘Heevesian’ economics? _________ The policies
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Advertising is designed to make you miserable
Thursday, May 2nd, 2024I posted this video on YouTube this morning: In case the link does not work for you, it can be found here. The transcript is
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