Not many weeks change the world. This one will. The end of the Trump era is a reason to celebrate. Evil, because that is what
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A future funded by Green QE
This post is by my old friend and Green New Deal colleague, Colin Hines, who is convenor of the Green New Deal Group of which
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Shanty off
Protest has to come in whatever form a person thinks appropriate. I liked this variety: The Jacob Rees-Mogg Wellerman Shanty. pic.twitter.com/lg3jyzYC3b — Jon Harvey (@jondharvey)
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For those who thought Scotland has the kind of leadership we should aspire to it may be time to think again
For readers in England it would be easy to be wholly unaware that Scotland is facing a massive political crisis. No, I am not talking
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Tory employment plans disguise the fact that the real target is the minimum wage
As the FT has noted this morning: Worker protections enshrined in EU law – including the 48-hour week – would be ripped up under plans
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Government funds are not ‘taxpayer money’ and the media and politicians should stop confusing the two
This article was written by Jonathan Barrett, who is a senior lecturer in Taxation, Te Herenga Waka at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand,.
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Sectoral balances show that government deficits fuel private saving
This Tweet from MMT professor Dirk Ehnts is well worth sharing: I have been playing with the sectoral financial balances today, with data prepared by
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The paradox at the heart of Labour’s economic policy
Annelise Dodds had two deeply conflicted comments to make in her Mais lecture last night. She said: A responsible approach to government debt is also
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Labour’s message to women and the retired is ‘go to work’
Anneliese Dodds said this in her Mais lecture yesterday: Longer-term, we cannot discount the possibility that trends, including demography, may exert upward pressure on inflation.
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