A first visit to modern monetary theory: Given the range of issues arising there will be more on this issue. In fact, at least two
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The talk is of tax increases. But is that appropriate? And as an aside, if you have issues that you want to be addressed I
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I have some interest in Stephanie Kelton’s book ‘The Deficit Myth’. My name is on the back cover of the UK edition, after all. So
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The Office for Budget Responsibility has published its analysis of the coronavirus (to date) today. I will do a number of blogs on what it
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I watched football last night. That’s rare for me. But I thought I needed to unwind. Whilst watching I was, however, thinking about the challenges
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My new video, out this morning, addresses a critical question. As I say in the video, this is a theme I will return to. There
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Chris Giles at the FT had a good coronavirus crisis: his work on estimating real deaths was widely noted. But now he’s back in familiar
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I am often asked if MPs get modern monetary theory. Yesterday they had a chance to do so. Angus MacNeil MP hosted a meeting at
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The introductory video on economics is out on my YouTube channel this morning: The big point is a simple one. If economics is about the
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