Most mornings, I awake with ideas teeming through my head and with a desire to write them as quickly as possible. There are days when
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The UK government cannot borrow
Politicians tell us the UK is “borrowing too much” and faces a “debt crisis.” That’s wrong. The government creates the pounds it spends, and what’s
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The sociocide of the wealthy
The frequent commentator on this blog who uses the name Schofield suggested this morning, in response to today’s video, that: Not being willing to pay
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The history of economic thought
As regular readers of this blog will know, there are occasions when I announce something and then realise that more work is required before I
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Half-baked Alaska
I put out a tweet last night suggesting that whatever might happen in the meeting between Putin and Trump, the outcome would be half-baked Alaska.
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Labour members want change
Compass, the left-of-centre think tank, published polling yesterday on the opinion of Labour Party members that states a blunt truth, which is that the Labour government
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Reclaiming the news agenda
I was reflecting last night on the news and its obsession with Trump, with Putin, with war, with genocide, with Israel, with small boats, and
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Danger for the wealthy is not danger for the UK
Rachel Reeves may be about to close a major inheritance tax loophole — and the wealthy are calling it “dangerous.” But what’s really dangerous in
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Is Labour killing democracy?
It is rare for this blog to promote anything related to the Adam Smith Institute, but there have to be exceptions to every rule. This
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