A commentator on the blog wrote this morning: Richard, I think you need to recognise that a massive change has taken place over the last
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The FT says Corbyn’s “People’s QE†could actually be a decent idea
The FT has published, in the last hour or so, a review of People’s Quantitative Easing on its FT Alphaville blog site. Written by an FT
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Who pays for People’s QE?
I was asked the following question on People’s QE on the blog this morning: Richard, if you use printed money to pay for investment, who
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QE does cancel government debt – its own accounts prove the point
I have, for a very long time, argued that quantitative easing – of all forms – cancels government debt. My argument is simple: it is that if
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The economic rationale behind People’s Quantitative Easing
The criticisms of the People’s Quantitative Easing idea by Ben Chu in the Independent and in the Economist. These seem to come down to the following
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Putting the record straight on People’s QE
I received an email yesterday which said: You must stop misleading the press and public about the so called Peoples QE. It is more borrowing
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People’s QE could consign PFI to history
I spent a lot of time yesterday talking about what Jeremy Corbyn has called People’s Quantitative Easing, which I had previously called Green Infrastructure Quantitative Easing. I
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Chris Leslie has got Corbynomics wrong
I noted a report in the Independent yesterday about comments that the shadow chancellor, Chris Leslie, had made about why he called Corbynomics. These are,
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The government may be walking away from its Green Deal. The Green New Deal marches on
The Green New Deal Group, of which I am a member, was formed in 2007 and began publishing its solutions to the world’s economic crisis
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