As the Guardian has noted in an email this morning: After weeks of speculation, the secretary of state for energy and net zero, Miatta Fahnbulleh,
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Our financial services sector is failing us
New data published in the Financial Times this morning, coming a year after UK pension funds agreed with the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel
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It is time for people of courage to walk away from Labour
As I say on fiscal rules in the glossary to this blog: Fiscal rules are targets set by governments to limit borrowing, debt, or deficits
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Rearmement is not the answer to any known question
According to the FT, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey will claim today that, and I quote, “Britain is about to enter “a new
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The Fed Just Raised Interest Rates. Recession is next
I have a new podcast out with Prof. Radhika Desai: I really enjoyed this conversation. Like my conversations with John Christensen, I think this is
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There is no shortage of work in Britain; there is just a shortage of funding to do it.
Jacqueline and I were out yesterday, deliberately looking at the work from different directions. Aside from birdwatching, our main focus was the economics of attention,
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The housing ladder is broken
Why has buying a home become so difficult for young people in Britain? In this Funding the Future podcast, I talk to my son James
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Understanding economics: What is economic resilience?
In this latest video in my Understanding Economics series, I look at an idea economics has been missing for the last forty years, and it
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A food crisis is coming our way
The National Audit Office has issued a report this morning that says: [The UK] food supply chain faces a wide range of risks that can
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