The New Statesman’s new edition (not online as yet) has an article suggesting I might be Britain’s Yanis Varoufakis. It has been a weird month
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It’s a bank holiday weekend
It’s a bank holiday weekend The weather is looking good this morning I have a book to finish And an important birthday to celebrate with
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The trouble for the right is they have not realised there is a new and ethical economics of the left
Chris Giles of the FT really does not like Corbynomics. At least he is clear about it. As he says in an article this morning:
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The demise of PFI has been long overdue
As the Guardian reports this morning: Labour should take responsibility for resolving “the mess” left behind by private finance initiative (PFI) deals used to fund
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The Joy of Tax: now out on 1 October
This article was in The Bookseller yesterday: Transworld has brought forward the release date of The Joy of Tax by Richard Murphy — the creator
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Is the European Central Bank planning People’s Quantitative Easing?
The Guardian has reported this: The European Central Bank’s chief economist just dropped a loud hint that it could take fresh action to stimulate Europe’s
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Shovel ready
Many people have asked what People’s Quantitative Easing might deliver in the short term – especially as it is now looking more likely that such a
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Putting the fundamental pension contract at the heart of our macroeconomy
Yesterday’s stock market turmoil, whatever its long term impact, hints at a much bigger problem than a simple over valuation of Chinese shares needing adjustment.
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Calm or storm?
London’s stock markets bounced back from Monday’s losses yesterday (source: Yahoo): And it looked like Wall Street would do so as well at first, but
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