I watched some of the press conference led by the prime minister yesterday on the government’s plan for managing Covid this winter. I then tweeted
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As some will have noticed, it is not quite normal service on the blog this week. I admit I am taking a quiet week to
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Tim Rideout has asked me to publish this guide created by the Scottish Currency Group and I am happy to do so: 1. When will
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I noted yesterday the criticisms that can entirely appropriately be made of those who suggest modern monetary theory (MMT) is dangerous, and even wrong because
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One of the characteristics of Boris Johnson’s government is its ability to pretend that events will happen when evidence suggests that to be very unlikely.
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I was sent a link to an article by Michael U. Krause, Thomas A. Lubik and Karl Rhodes for the US Richmond Federal Reserve Bank which
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I have not previously shared this. I think it’s time I did:

For the last 12 years I have had a near-constant work companion. Whenever he could, Hector spent most of his day somewhere not far behind
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YouGov issued a new poll for The Times overnight: The message seems pretty clear. Working people don’t like being asked to subsidise the already well
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