I have already noted this morning the cuts that Johnson is planning to announce to the school renovation programme. The FT has noted another planned
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FDR would be rolling in his grave at the idea that Michael Gove might be a New Dealer
Micheal Gove’s Ditchley lecture, given yesterday, was premised on the idea that the Tories are going to deliver a New Deal for the ‘Forgotten Man’
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There is an opportunity for a large fiscal stimulus
I thought it worth sharing this tweet: https://twitter.com/summerton_econ/status/1276102335375249409 The comment in question is in an appendix, here and to help enlarge it a little it says:
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The case for a green stimulus is very clear: all that is required is political will
The UK Climate Change Committee has issued a review of progress today. It both makes worrying reading, on what has not happened, and offers hope.
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Thursday morning thoughts
Angrynomics: read it if you want to get angry
I read Angrynomics by Eric Lonergan and Mark Blyth over the weekend, and note that Larry Elliot commented on it in The Guardian earlier this
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How to take power
I was asked during the talk that I gave to an Australian conference this morning how I imagined that society could take the power to
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The Green New Deal and wealth taxes: my talk to Australian Progress this morning
I am speaking as part of the Australian Progress conference this morning (literally now, 6am) on the Green New Deal and the need for wealth
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There is one thing you need to understand about today’s public debt figures – and that is that public debt has not increased
The Office for National Statistics has just issued new public debt statistics. The headlines will be all about the issues that they highlight in their
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