This is the first of what might be a series of reflections on the dispute over modern monetary theory (MMT) that I have been involved
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Maybe there are things for which the profit motive is not suited
Elon Musk, redefined success yesterday. His SpaceX rocket crashed to earth within two minutes of launch. He congratulated his team, saying that many lessons have
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We need redistribution: without it the misery will continue
I tweeted this whilst watching Channel 4 News last night: Kitty Ussher was, always rather surprisingly given how right-wing her views were, a Labour minister
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Beating the curse of hunger in the UK
My son and I were playing with podcast ideas this afternoon using a video file I made after being on LBC to discuss inflation and
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How much misery does the Bank of England plan to impose on the average UK household?
The ONS published wage data to the end of February yesterday. There were no great surprises. Both real total and regular pay fell on the
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Is Suella Braverman a lone racist or are the Tories becoming institutionally racist?
Tory peer Baroness Warsi could not be clearer about her opinion of Suella Barverman. She has said that Braverman uses racist rhetoric. She thinks it
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Never give up
I noted articles in the Guardian this weekend recording, in the first instance, the death of Ben Ferencz, who was the last surviving prosecutor from
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The junior doctor’s pay dispute is existential
A four day junior doctor’s strike will start tomorrow. After a long holiday weekend tomorrow would usually be a day of excess demand in the
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Happy Easter
Why say Happy Easter? Because whether the Christian religious aspect to Easter is of relevance to you, or not, this is a traditional holiday, or
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