Reuters has noticed that I was, a while ago, credited with creating the term feral finance. So, for the record, here’s the article where I
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China is going to rock the boat
I’ve said before, and I’ll say it again (no doubt), that George Osborne’s forecast that the UK is entering a period of stable growth is
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Money does not grow on rich people
I had an email conversation with Prof Stephanie Kelton in the USA yesterday. She is a leading modern monetary theorist and currently Chief Economist on
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A victory for democracy
Labour has, give or take the odd 1,000 or so people who will be barred from voting over the next few weeks, 610,000 people eligible
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Is there a £100 billion hole in Corbynomics?
The Telegraph has declared today that: Oops! There’s a £100 billion hole in Jeremy Corbyn’s tax plans This all comes down, quote literally, to Jolyon
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Robert Peston’s good sense has gone AWOL
Robert Peston has replied to my response to his commentary on Corbynomics, saying (and I do not have much choice but to quote in full):
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Robert Peston on People’s QE
Robert Peston has written a long piece on Corbynomics. As he says: Corbynism is a kind of collective howl – which can be heard in
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How much of the tax gap is collectable?
Jolyon Maugham has returned to the issue of the tax gap, and Jeremy Corbyn’s championing of the issue. In doing so he says three things:
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Once upon a Time the Times was the paper of record: not now
I saw the editorial in today’s Times newspaper an hour of so ago. Speaking of those parts of Jeremy Corbyn’s economic policies over which it
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