On this blog I tend to focus on issues relating to income and wealth inequality. And I tend to use an economic lens to view
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As the FT reported last night: Online marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay face being forced to collect value added tax on UK sales made
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Will Hutton suggested in The Observer today, when discussing the treatment of Emily Maitlis by the BBC: Trust can only be earned in public health
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I am as bored by coronavirus speculation as anyone else. I am also well aware that I am not an epidemiologist. And I also readily
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Myth The government has to balance its budget. Replies Reply 1 A government has to deliver full employment at a living wage in a sustainable
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Prof Sean Danaher wrote this on the Progressive Pulse blog on 29 May. Nothing has changed since then. I think it well worth sharing it
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The Institute for Government has published this chart of unemployment statistics for five countries this morning: Note that the UK is lowest on the chart.
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Larry Elliott wrote a piece on the Green New Deal in the Guardian on Thursday, when I missed it, so I will make up for
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I posted this in Twitter last night having noticed praise being posted for Rishi Sunak. That praise contrasted his performance in this crisis to that
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