Are you a democrat, or not? That is the question that MMT poses, and which everyone needs to answer.
Tuesday, March 26th, 2024This comment/question was put up on the blog this morning by someone called Peter Rodd. I am presuming it is genuine: Enjoy your posts and
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The introduction to the Taxing Wealth Report 2024
Wednesday, March 20th, 2024Introduction Taxing Wealth Report published I have already published a short summary of the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. However, the report also needed an introduction,
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Are HM Revenue & Customs intent on making the right amount of tax as hard as possible?
Tuesday, March 19th, 2024One of my arguments in the Taxing Wealth Report 2024 was that HM Revenue & Customs should be transformed to make the UK tax system
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The UK does not have a national debt but does instead offer a range of national savings products
Thursday, March 14th, 2024My evidence to the House of Lords Economic Affairs committee on the sustainability of the UK’s national debt is now available on the parliamentary website;
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We have a tax time bomb waiting to explode in the UK. Is Labour going to let it go off?
Wednesday, March 6th, 2024I have spent much of this afternoon, a) talking to journalists and b) trying to work out how the Budget adds up. The first task
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No government can spend itself out of a recession
Wednesday, March 6th, 2024The Tories have always tried to deny that a government can spend itself out of a recession, but Jeremy Hunt has a much more bizarre
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How to pay for a Green New Deal
Tuesday, March 5th, 2024I was at a meeting of the Green New Deal Group in parliament last night. Let me leave aside the increasing absurdity that I feel
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The Taxing Wealth Report 2024: a pre-Budget summary
Monday, March 4th, 2024The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 and the Budget In anticipation of the UK budget this week, I thought it important to provide a summary of
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What happens when the Prime Minister thinks that the electorate are extremists?
Saturday, March 2nd, 2024I posted this thread in Twitter last night: I then followed up with this: I am not sure that there is much to add barring
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