Politics Home reports this morning that: The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged the Government to boost public spending by raising taxes and increasing borrowing. Justin
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I will be saying something like this at the Fair Tax Mark conference this morning. I have been asked to talk about the case for
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Martin Wolf wrote an article in the FT yesterday in which he argued that the Swiss should vote for monetary reform this weekend. I have
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Please accept my apologies for slow moderating yesterday. And a slow start to today. Just before 3 yesterday afternoon I got a call to say
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Bill Mitchell has published a two part analysis of the Scottish Growth Commission report. I strongly recommend reading both. There is not a Rizzla paper
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No one wants to talk about VAT. I once turned that to my advantage: early in my career I did a lot of lecturing on
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I liked this comment from John S Warren on the blog yesterday: The most elegant, simple and useful short definition of money, and the purpose
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I suggested that economists need to wake up and see the world as it really is yesterday. Steve Keen sent me a link to a
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Andy Crow suggested why neoliberal austerity might end in a comment posted on the blog overnight. He said: Businesses need customers with money to spend.
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