New from The National this morning, and with me as one of those featured:
Writing for The National
My post analysing the FT’s arguments on the viability of Scottish independence has now been reposted by The National newspaper in Scotland. At the foot
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The FT’s analysis of the economics of an independent Scotland is a catalogue of errors and false assumptions
The FT has published the first part of what it says will be a series on the risk of the UK breaking up. The article
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Why the government bonds owned by the Bank of England are not a debt burden, even when they’re repaid
I received this email very recently, and share it with the author’s permission: Hi Richard, Hope you’re well. After reading some of your articles and
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Fourteen out of fourteen as the government completes its fascist scorecard
On 20 March I wrote this on this blog: In 2003 historian Laurence W. Britt suggested that there were 14 characteristics to fascist regimes. They were: Powerful
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Good Friday afternoon
It was blowing straight from the North Pole this afternoon, but the blossom was out: And it was beautiful, even with the grey skies: That’s
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The injustice of the rentier economy is real and ongoing
I do not apologise for this lengthy quote from Nils Pratley in the Guardian as it is key to my argument that follows. Talking of
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Chris Whitty is asking that we accept Covid deaths like we do those from flu when flu deaths are largely linked to poverty
I share this Tweet, which is an angry reaction from someone well known to me to Chris Whitty’s suggestion that we should just get on
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Thought for the day
From my Twitter account this morning: Today celebrates the death of man who campaigned for economic justice for the poor, the forgiveness of their oppressive
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