Adam Leaver of Sheffield University tweeted this comment last night to Len Seabrooke, Rasmus Christensen and myself. We are all working on research proposals at
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I wrote a blog post on Wednesday called ‘Where’s the debt?’ and another yesterday called ‘That hit a nerve’. I have to say I am
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I was talking with someone who was pretty familiar with his employer’s pension fund yesterday, and who also knows a bit about the economy. He
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The Treasury Committee of the House of Commons published the following figure in its recent report on savings, pensions and related issues: There are three
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I spent my day around Westminster yesterday. One of the meetings I spoke at was staged by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Local Authority Pensions.
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The Guardian reports this morning that: The average person will have to save £260,000 over their lifetime to enjoy a basic income in retirement, climbing
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I was at a talk recently where a senior M&S executive claimed that 75% of shares are owned by pension funds. And then this week
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Intergenerational justice is in the news this morning, and rightly so. As the Observer notes, The Resolution Foundation has a report coming soon on the
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The Guardian has noted today that: Labour is to begin courting regional mayors and councils over its plans for £250bn of transport and infrastructure spending, promising
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