I thought that yesterday’s announcement by Richie Sunak would be bad. I predicted that before he spoke. I also pointed out all the flaws in
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The Tax Research videos
I began making videos with Mark Cooney of Spotted in Ely about three months ago, and this list of those we’ve made has grown pretty
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Does Scotland need its own currency?
Boris Johnson did not look in the Piggy Bank to see if he had £100 billion for a ‘moonshot’ because the one thing he knew was that the money could be created to deliver the deal
The government announced its new ‘rule of 6’ yesterday. It is illogical. At the same time it announced it’s £100 billion ‘moonshot’ plan to deliver
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Modern monetary theory in a tweet
I tried to summarise modern monetary theory in a Tweet this morning: It loses some nuance. And the job guarantee is only hinted at with
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There are some realists at the Bank of England
Reuters appears to be almost alone in reporting comments made by Bank of England Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden to the Treasury Select Committee yesterday. As
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Scotland has to choose modern monetary theory
As is, I think, known by most readers if this blog, Larry Elliott, who has been the economics editor of The Guardian for decades, has
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Steve Keen’s lightbulb moment on modern monetary theory
I cannot recommend this podcast episode enough: Debunking Economics was, and is still, the classic book by Steve Keen, which I consider essential reading for
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Scotland’s problem is not that its taxes are too low, but that its spending is just not big enough
George Kerevan has an article on Bella Caledonia in which he claims: His argument is: Is there anything new to say about the latest GERS
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