My old friend, and occasional co-author, Howard Reed has an excellent article just out in Prospect magazine.  His theme is the failure of neoclassical economics. As Howard
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I wrote this last night: Sometimes I struggle. Some would say that was obvious. But what I mean is that sometimes I really struggle to
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Professor Charles Adams had a fascinating post on Progressive Pulse earlier this week, developing my theme on inequality and the Gini coefficient. As he asked:
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The Guardian reported yesterday that: Lending falls at fastest rate since credit crunch, Bank says Unsecured consumer loans drop by 38.7% in first threes months
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BNA Bloomberg has reported that: The European Union risks undermining the success of a global tax reporting regime if it begins requiring multinational companies to
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The FT has reported this morning that: The UK accounting regulator has been accused of a “shocking” lack of transparency after it emerged that it
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Theresa May wants to go to war. All prime ministers seem to succumb eventually. It ends well for very few. It will be no surprise
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Larry Elliott has an article I want to signpost in the Guardian this morning. It’s worth reading in full, and not just because he’s another
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There is a fascinating chart in the FT, from John Auher: As he notes: The yield curve [that shows the difference between expectations on long and
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