A number of people have asked me to comment on this article in the FT from a few days ago: To do so I have
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We need a state-owned bank. That is what a courageous state would create right now.
I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: I cannot be alone in being bored by hearing and seeing Nigel Farage in the media talking
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Why the OBR’s view of the economy is so wrong
I posted this thread on Twitter this morning. It is a discussion of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s latest long-term report and forecast issued this
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The government has chosen bankers over state employees and public sector workers today, and that is unforgiveable
I have posted this thread to Twitter in response to the government’s announcement that it has agreed to pay review bodies’ recommendations but has not
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Bank of England employees did very nicely in the last year, thank you very much
I thought it was time I took a look at the latest accounts from the Bank of England, which bizarrely are, as ever, to 28th
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If only the government preferred people to bankers we’d all be more than £30 billion better off
I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: This year the government will give the UK’s banks £45 billion they have done nothing to earn.
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The debt we’re in
I received this by email from investment advisors Hargreaves Lansdown yesterday: Looming debt crisis will lay waste to our finances One in four of us
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The era of independent central banks should be over
I took some time off writing over the weekend. That did not stop me musing. One strand of thought was on central banks, or rather
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How to find £30 billion to provide support to households facing mortgage debt crises
The impending mortgage crisis is becoming the biggest issue in the economy and politics in the UK. With millions of homeowners due to renew their
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