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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The UK needs local investment
I have noted some of my concerns about tax devolution on this blog, as I feel there are real risks inherent in the process for
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This is beginning to look like a downturn
The FTSE 100 closed at its lowest value for three years yesterday. What interests me though is the pattern the chart displays: this shows the
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A woeful response to flooding as the climate crisis hits home
This letter was in the Guardian this morning: The risible inadequacy of the government’s £40m “extra” spending on flood defences (Cameron’s £40m flood money criticised
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