I note that Larry Elliott wrote this in the Guardian last night when commenting on the Bank of England’s inaction on interest rates: Threadneedle Street
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The Green New Deal: pursuing a May be
This letter is in the Guardian this morning: Theresa May’s “genuinely innovative speech” (Editorial, 12 July) contained a commitment to government-backed project bonds which could
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Negative interest rates are not the real answer: a Green New Deal is
This week the Bank of England is very likely to reduce interest rates. It might also resume conventional QE. Neither will work. They are failed
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Could the futility of the referendum debate be the precursor for change to something better?
The sheer stupidity of holding a referendum on the future of the U.K.’s membership of the European Union is becoming more apparent by the day.
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Just don’t say it too loudly, but this is People’s Quantitative Easing on its way
The FT reports this morning: The housing association London & Quadrant has launched a partnership with the Greater London Authority to build 10,800 homes at
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Central bankers asleep on the watch
The FT carries an article under this heading this morning: Summers hypothesis is that if inflation looked like it was running away with itself we
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Yanis Varoufakis backing People’s Quantitative Easing as the basis of a new prosperity for the UK
Yanis Varoufakis is, I know, a controversial figure. Anyone who changes things is, almost by definition. This week the Conservatives have mocked Labour for talking
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Discussing Green Business
I was invited to speak to a group of green businesses last night. These were my speaking notes (although I did not follow them that
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Bank of England should use the £10 billion windfall to kick-start ‘jobs in every constituency’
The following press release has been issued by the Green New Deal group this morning: Bank of England should use the £10 billion windfall to
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