Myth Modern monetary theory is just a bunch of lefty economists saying that we can borrow without limit and that tax does not matter because
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An article in the FT this morning explores issues concerning the future of the Dover — Calais trade route. As the article notes, at present
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The FT has an article this morning that suggests that there will be at least 5 million people unemployed in the UK once the furlough
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Stephanie Kelton’s new books is only a day or so from publication now: As Waterstones says of it: The leading thinker and most visible public
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As Wikipedia noted: Edward Colston (2 November 1636 — 11 October 1721) was a Bristol-born English merchant, philanthropist, slave trader, and Member of Parliament. He supported and endowed schools,
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I have already suggested that the UK, at least, has been enduring a phoney war with regard to the economic consequences of coronavirus. Furlough, loans
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This chart came out in the Resolution Foundation newsletter this afternoon, and I cannot as yet find it online: If you thought the UK wasn’t
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There is an article by the likes of Andrew Bailey, current Governor of the Bank of England, and Mark Carney, his predecessor in The Guardian
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I was on the Alex Salmond Show yesterday discussing Keir Starmer’s progress to date. My interview is the second half of the programme: