According to the FT: Accounting and investor groups on Thursday hit out at the government’s move to ditch a bill from its next legislative programme
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We need a windfall tax on energy companies but no one should pretend this will solve the economic crisis we are facing
Rumour has it that Rishi Sunak is planning a windfall tax on energy companies to supposedly address the so-called cost of living crisis, after all.
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Fascism is advancing, rapidly
That we face a risk of fascism taking hold in the UK, with democracy failing as a consequence, is something I have recognised as a
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Is Musk owning Twitter a problem?
In my discussion on the Social Consensus, published here recently, I suggested that any government should: provide for freedom of speech unless it promotes harm
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Seeking to overthrow the government is what political opposition is all about
The FT provides a clear indication of the way in which populist thinking is moving this morning. As they report: An Istanbul court has sentenced
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It’s time for a new path on the economic crisis that we face
As I mentioned a couple of days ago, Danny Blanchflower and I have written a feature for The Mirror on how to get out of
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The world market in food is about to fail large parts of the world’s population. Are the free-marketeers going to let these people live, or not in that case? That is the question to which an answer is now needed.
As the BBC has reported: The world is facing a “human catastrophe” from a food crisis arising from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to the
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The Social Consensus – second edition
I wrote recently about the Social Consensus, as I call it, setting out the high-level principles that should, in my opinion, guide the operation of
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Coming soon – the Mile End Road Economists’ prescription for getting out of the recession that’s coming out way
Having announced one publishing venture this morning, I also note that Danny Blanchflower has spilled the beans on another. Danny and I describe ourselves as
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