Source, Real World Economics Review, here I’m not sure mjuch more needs to be said about the intention of neoliberalism. Except that George Osborne wants
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The Guardian reports this morning: Business leaders are urging the Bank of England to authorise another £50bn of quantitative easing when its monetary policy committee meets today
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I took part in a debate on Radio 4’s PM programme yesterday on the 50p tax rate. You can hear it here, 32 minites in.
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Another discussion of a word, also from the Guardian. As Jon Henley noted yesterday: Feral: there’s a lot of it about, lately. Too true: as
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I love the English language and love playing with it – even if I don’t always type it properly. As a result I was delighted when the
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I have the following on Comment is Free this afternoon. I do so in a double-header article against a proponent of the abolition of the tax rate.
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Martin Wolf has an article under the first part of the above title in the FT this morning, and as he notes: What is to
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The FT has published a letter from twenty economists (only 20?) demanding that the 50p upper rate of tax in the UK charged on those
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I thought this comment from Ivan Horrocks in response to my blog post from earlier today to be found here was too good not to
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