Thanks to Jolyon Maugham and ‘Nearly Legal’ my attention has been drawn to the winning article in 18-121 category of the Adam Smith Institute ‘Young
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QE does cancel government debt – its own accounts prove the point
I have, for a very long time, argued that quantitative easing – of all forms – cancels government debt. My argument is simple: it is that if
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The economic rationale behind People’s Quantitative Easing
The criticisms of the People’s Quantitative Easing idea by Ben Chu in the Independent and in the Economist. These seem to come down to the following
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If the electorate chose austerity it was because it was the only option available outside Scotland
I am bemused by a post by Jon Cruddas on Labour List this morning. In it he says Labour post election analysis has shown that:
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Putting the record straight on People’s QE
I received an email yesterday which said: You must stop misleading the press and public about the so called Peoples QE. It is more borrowing
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The Courageous State
The publisher of my 2011 book, The Courageous State, tells me it is doing rather well in the last couple of days and book sale web
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Credible economic policy for a resilient mixed economy
The last couple of days have been pretty hectic. The world noticed that Jeremy Corbyn was using my data on the tax gap and my
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Jeremy Corbyn: the City’s new best friend?
I have the following article on the City AM website this morning: . Jeremy Corbyn is rumoured to be leading in the Labour Party’s leadership
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Tax for our times
I was invited by the Fabians to contribute a chapter on the governance of HMRC for their new book on tax: You can download it
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