I was asked on the blog yesterday what the government could have done after 2008 to prevent the almost inevitable financial crash that I think
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I have been talking about financial crashes here for a while now. The Bank of England Financial Stability Report, to which I refer in my
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The Guardian notes this morning that: Nigel Farage has turned on broadcasters for questioning him about his alleged teenage racism and antisemitism as the number
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I am proud to write for a newspaper – The National – that puts this on its front page. Most of the media is ignoring
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There are thousands of trained doctors in the UK right now — unemployed. Not because they’re unnecessary. Not because there’s no demand. But because the
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The Guardian reports this morning that: The health secretary, Wes Streeting, has ordered a clinical review of the diagnosis of mental health conditions, according to reports.
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I think modern monetary theory (MMT) matters. That is not because it is perfect, because no theory is. Instead, it is because it explains something
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For more than 45 years, the UK has suffered not one, but two economic curses: the resource curse and the finance curse. Both were chosen,
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Rachel Reeves will not fix Britain today. So I’ve published my Alternative Budget for 2025 — a complete plan to end austerity, rebuild public services,
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