Ann Pettifor had a very good article on Black Rock in the Guardian late last week. As she rightly pointed out, its newfound commitment to
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Feral finance is crashing the pension system as well as the UK’s politics
Brexit is an example of feral finance at work. But it is not the only one. Neil Woodford’s now failed activities in the funds management
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MMT, tax, pensions, ISA funding and the Green New Deal
I noted some discussion on my Facebook page yesterday (to which I link my blog posts but otherwise pretty much ignore) on why I was
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Pensions can fund the Green New Deal
The FT reported yesterday that: A coalition of Danish pension funds plans to invest $50bn in clean energy projects by 2030 in an effort to
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If we don’t recognise the need for fundamental pension reform the elderly are going to be in deep trouble
A comment was posted on the blog a couple of days ago in response to my discussion on what I call the fundamental pension contract.
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Getting the fundamental pension contract right
Yesterday’s ‘Tax reform of the day’ referred to national insurance contributions, and for reasons that are not entirely clear it was massively trolled on the
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Green bonds will save us from the next pension scandal
I got the typical reactions from right wingers for suggesting that the investment of auto-enrolment pension funds was inappropriate yesterday. Comments included the claims that
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Pensions have to go green or they are of little use to anyone but the already wealthy
There was an article in the Guardian this weekend that argued that millions of people in the UK might retire on less than the living
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Does having private pensions require rentierism?
I spent last night in the pub. I do on occasion. The Trip Advisor review for the pub in question says something like ‘nice food
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