I have heard Jeremy Corbyn say, numerous times, that the policies he is proposing now will change and develop as a result of debate. It
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We need migration. Now let’s work out how to embrace it, as we have in the past
Will Hutton sets out a stark choice in the Observer this morning: Politicians and their electorates now have to make a choice. There is no
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Carney announces the effective end of monetary policy
Mark Carney made a speech in the USA today in which he said: For the past thirty years, a number of profound structural changes in
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Citigroup says China needs the likes of People’s Quantitative Easing
This is a headline from the Daily Telegraph today: In fairness, this is not Corbynomics’ People’s Quantitative Easing which involves printing money to create investment:
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Frances Coppola’s snake oil of conventional macroeconomics
On Thursday night Frances Coppola and I walked through Bloomsbury to Kings Cross / St Pancras following an event on modern monetary theory at which
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The Economist reporting misinformation and fairy tales
The Economist has published an article under the title: Too good to be true That’s their description of Corbynomics (although, only after they praise its
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QE was life support for financial markets: PQE is life support for real people
I have argued that quantitative easing was life support for financial markets. As if to make the case there is this stunning chart in the FT
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Britain’s Varoufakis? I don’t think so
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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