This is one of a series of posts that will ask what the most pertinent question raised by a prominent influencer of political economy might have been,
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When will Labour tell Trump where to go?
As the Guardian has reported this morning: Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against the BBC over its editing of a speech he made to
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Beware the end of December
The mantra of the late 1990s was that markets always go up in the long run. It was wrong then, and it is wrong now.
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Inequality is a political choice
According to the United Nations’ World Inequality Report, inequality results from deliberate political and institutional choices. This video explains what that means for the UK
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Why, Labour? Why?
The FT has this headline this morning: You don’t need to read the article. You just need to ask the obvious question, which is “Why?”
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Why economic policy matters for the Greens
As readers here will be aware, I have been tackling those who are seeking to drive the Greens in what they might describe as a
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What will happen if economic growth has come to an end?
For 50 years, Western politics has rested on a single promise: growth. But what if that promise can no longer be kept? In this video,
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Another dud Nobel prize?
The Nobel Prize Committee has posted this on Twitter (X): So here are my questions: Has technological growth run its course, then, as growth clearly
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The second Christmas book – our MMT guide
I have, over the last couple of days, said on at least a couple of occasions that our new book, The Best of the Blog
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