We can't spend our way out of recession, but we can work our way out of it
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008I have the following letter in the London Evening Standard today: George Osborne is wrong in his fears for sterling – national economies are not
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Your starter for 1.5%
Thursday, November 6th, 2008I’m amazed. The Monetary Policy Committee have cut interest rates in the last few minutes by 1.5% to a new rate of 3%. In doing
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New Labour's tax injustice
Monday, November 3rd, 2008I wrote the following on the Guardian web site today: The New Labour experiment deserves to die. There are many reasons. But let me offer
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for October 29th
Thursday, October 30th, 2008These are my links for October 29th: Bubblewrapped – have you heard the good news? – Worth looking at for credit crunch stuff MPC's lone
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Did they listen?
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008“If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and
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Inflation: the one thing we need that no one will mention
Friday, September 19th, 2008We have a massive crisis in the markets. This is not going to dissipate in the short term. We’re a long way from the worst
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What we need is a fiscal boost
Monday, September 8th, 2008The TUC didn’t just issue a tax policy this weekend, it also issued an economic statement, the core of which says: Low inflation is undoubtedly
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Why a windfall tax on energy companies?
Thursday, August 28th, 2008The arguments for a windfall tax on energy companies are complex. I am in favour of such a tax at this time. In forming that
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Inflation: now the down-swing
Monday, August 18th, 2008Larry Elliott is on form in the Guardian this morning, saying: Last week, the Bank said it expected inflation to peak at 5% later this
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