The ECB recommenced its QE programme yesterday, and cut interest rates as well. Call it Draghi’s last gasp, if you like. The recommencement provides a
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The next time we’ll end central bank independence
Larry Elliott, writing in the Guardian, has reflected an opinion we share today: Until now, monetary policy has been deemed too important to be left
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The political economy of Brexit
Normally I avoid broadcasting with RT. I was persuaded to do this broadcast with Alex Salmond, partly by the quality of his other guests. As
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Yellowhammer is wrong, but that doesn’t mean we should ignore it
The so-called Yellowhammer report is wrong. I can say that with absolute confidence. Every forecast is, and I’ve delivered a lot in my time, always
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Will the Scottish Court’s decision lead to Article 50 notice failing?
In the light of the decision of a Scottish Court on the illegality of Boris Johnson’s request to the Queen that Parliament be prorogued I
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Forcing business to face its responsibilities with regard to the climate crisis
I was asked by a person with a political persuasion to prepare some slides for them so that they might present my ideas on what
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Replacing the economics of indifference with the economics of concern
A good friend of mine has been advising me to breathe deeply of late. He feels it might be good for me, so wide is
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Prorogued
Parliament has been prorogued. I happened to be in Westminster last night. There were a lot of unhappy members about. For me the timing is
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Central bank independence is based on false politics and economics
This is my kind of macroeconomics: The abstract says: The case for central bank independence is built on an intellectual two-step. Step one argues there
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