People’s Quantitative Easing (or green quantitative easing, as I once called it) is now considered a part of Corbynomics. I have a feeling that will not
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The Greatest Invention: Tax and the Campaign for a Just Society
Commonwealth Publishing are proud to announce the worldwide release of The Greatest Invention: Tax and the Campaign for a Just Society on September 24th, 2015
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The problem with PQE might be it is too successful
Simon Jack, interviewing me on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme this morning, said he had discussed People’s Quantitative Easing with a range of economists, most of
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John Cridland on Radio 4 this morning
I have two slots on the Today Programme on Radio 4 this morning, both recorded late last week. I have just listened to the first,
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What the strategic state might look like
Jeremy Corbyn’s opinion piece in the Observer today starts: To succeed, we need to build shared economic growth. This government is failing to reform the
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Economic extremism
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the association that has been made between me and Corbynomics I welcome this letter in today’s Observer: The accusation is widely made that
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Tax doesn’t harm growth
I have borrowed the following italicised text from the Tax Justice Network blog, because it’s well worth sharing, as is the rest of the blog
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Saturday thought: the macroeconomics we need
Three conversations I had yesterday suggested I need to clarify my approach to macro-economics. One was withColin Hines, the co-ordinator of the Green New Deal group.
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Godwin’s Law of Economics
For those not familiar with Godwin’s Law it says: “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1”
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