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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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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The Bank of England used the inflation crisis to boost the wealth of the wealthy, but did nothing at all to control inflation
Friday, May 10th, 2024The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee put out the most extraordinary report yesterday in support of its decision to keep interest rates at 5.25%,
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The message from today will be that the Bank of England’s abuse will continue
Thursday, May 9th, 2024No one expects the Bank of England to cut interest rates today. That is not because they should not do so. The case for a
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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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There are six reasons why we need taxes
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024I posted this video this morning on a theme familiar to many here, I suspect: If the link does not work, it’s also here. The
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Does MMT say we can spend without limit?
Sunday, May 5th, 2024I posted this video on YouTube this morning: The transcript is: People keep saying to me that modern monetary theory says that governments can create
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There is going to be no growth in the UK. Welcome to a world of Labour austerity and the resulting downward spiral of gloom and failure.
Thursday, May 2nd, 2024As the Guardian notes this morning: The UK’s economic outlook has worsened this year as high interest rates and the lingering effects of last year’s
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Shirts
Wednesday, May 1st, 2024I received a copy of an email this morning saying: This is a link to Richard Murphy’s video on inflation… It’s excellent, as usual, but…does
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