The benefits of the redistribution of wealth
Monday, March 31st, 2025Martin Wolf is facing reality this morning, which is something he is, to be fair, more willing to do than most economic commentators. In an
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New obligations
Friday, March 7th, 2025I mentioned a number of things when talking about my post-retirement from employment (but not work) plans when writing last weekend. One was that I
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The state needs defence from neoliberals as well as fascists
Wednesday, February 19th, 2025I note, with interest, that Martin Wolf at the Financial Times is descending into a state of panic as a consequence of what Trump and
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How to pay for financial education
Monday, February 10th, 2025Everyone but the government seems to agree that young people need a proper education in finance before leaving school, and there is a pot of
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The old narratives are dead. We are waiting for the new to be born
Monday, December 23rd, 2024The Office for National Statistics has reported this morning that: UK real gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have shown no growth in Quarter
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What now, Rachel Reeves?
Saturday, December 14th, 2024The latest figures for the UK’s GDP suggest that growth is flatlining, and the problem with that for Rachel Reeves is that everything Labour said
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Talking helps find solutions. Labels don’t.
Monday, December 9th, 2024Politico this morning highlights one consequence of the incredibly rapid change in power in Syria. As they note in a newsletter: Can we chat with
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Bitcoin: questions needing answers
Thursday, November 14th, 2024Katie Martin, a member of the FT editorial board, has noted the massive increase in the value of cryptocurrencies since the election of Trump in
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Trump is promoting the idea of utterly reckless government, using the USA as his testbed for doing so
Monday, November 11th, 2024Andrew Rawnsley, yesterday in The Observer, and Martin Wolf, today in the FT, both have articles on the nightmare that a Trump government is creating
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