I have never had much liking for the tawdriness of secular Hallowe’en. If there was ever an indication of the corruption that markets can perpetrate
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IMF related people know we do not need austerity why doesn’t Rishi Sunak?
Oliver Blanchard is a former IMF chief economist. I have no doubt that this tweet thread was issued yesterday because the IMF was talking about
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Boris Johnson: the leader of a cowardly government
The Guardian has noted that: MPs have suggested that a “north-south divide” in the Conservative party could be its “undoing” and lead to a string
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Why can’t we have hypothecated savings, provided by the government?
Modern monetary theory (MMT) days that governments have no need to borrow. Governments can, it says, always create the money that they need. Which is
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Sunday morning thoughts
Saturday morning thoughts
Is the recovery over?
I have never believed we were going to have anything even remotely like a V-shaped economic recovery. That’s not to say that I did not
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The Chancellor’s support for people suffering new lockdowns is of a type only a hedgefund manager doing an internship at the Treasury as Chancellor could have devised
The demand for government support for business is going up – and the schemes are coming to an end
This data was published today by the government. It shows the demand for so-called ‘bounce back loans’ that have been made available to help businesses
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