I was not surprised to see The Guardian noting this overnight: Donald Trump has extended his deadline for Iran to open the strait of Hormuz
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Should we forget the rules?
Economic policy today is dominated by rules: deficit limits, debt targets, inflation targets, and interest rate rules. But what if these rules are the problem,
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Inequality is breaking the economy
We have just published this short video on YouTube and many other channels. This is the transcript: Inequality is undermining our economy. That’s the consequence
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Equality of provision and reciprocity
I appreciate all the comments received yesterday on the post on the need for equality of provision. I think it is fair to say that
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The job of government
The most honest line that I read in the media yesterday was this, from the New York Times: Regardless of your partisan lean, it’s safe
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Stay away from banks: they exist to exploit you
Banks are not your friend. They exist to exploit you, and they will whenever they can. This is the audio version: Banks want to keep
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Economic questions: the Robert Nozick question
This is one of a series of posts that will ask what the most pertinent question raised by a prominent influencer of political economy might have been,
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Equality and the politics of care
This post is a draft of an idea I have been working on. I deliberately flag that this is not the finished article as yet,
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The UK government should be buying bonds
Politicians and economic commentators are obsessing about the view that the cost of UK government borrowing is increasing as a consequence of the war in
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