I cannot be alone in being furious about the story in the Guardian this morning about funding for the NHS. As they report: NHS bosses
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Debunking the ‘deficit myth’
This BBC video of Stephanie Kelton explaining MMT is great. I just can’t embed it. So please get to it via this Tweet: Why we
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We do not need tax increases or spending cuts: what we need is a commitment to full employment come what may, which is an option the government could choose, but won’t
We are, at present, in the very early stages of the worst recession that this country will have seen for almost a century. No one
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YouGov have not got modern monetary theory as yet, so they’re asking the public all the wrong questions on the recession to come
This is depressing: If measures are needed to be put in place to reduce the deficit, which best fits your view? Mainly tax rises: 47%
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Angrynomics: read it if you want to get angry
I read Angrynomics by Eric Lonergan and Mark Blyth over the weekend, and note that Larry Elliot commented on it in The Guardian earlier this
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The choice to be made when managing the coronavirus crisis is what is most valuable: people or money?
Monday morning thoughts
People v balanced budgets: the ultimate question that hangs over the future of British politics
According to the FT: Rishi Sunak is drawing up plans for deferred tax rises and cuts to public spending in his Autumn Budget after he
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The Scottish Currency Group
Tim Rideout is running Facebook group for his Scottish Reserve Bank: I became to 400th member yesterday. I am aware that a number of Scottsh
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