Universal basic services are the only answer to the crisis we are facing
Friday, August 5th, 2022I have just posted this long, but I think fairly important, thread to Twitter: Some people might have noticed that I disagreed the Bank of
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The Bank of England does not have a duty to push people into poverty
Monday, May 2nd, 2022I cannot have been alone and being appalled at comments made by former Bank of England employee and Monetary Policy Committee member Adam Posen, who
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The Tories are demanding acquiescence as if it is their right. They risk revolt.
Monday, April 18th, 2022Yesterday the Archbishops of Canterbury and York attacked the government’s plans to deport asylum seekers in the UK to Rwanda. I use the term deport
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2022 is not looking good
Tuesday, April 12th, 2022I have just posted this thread on Twitter. It actually began life as a blog post, but then I realised it suited both media, so
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Could Sunak really miss the required mark by a billionaire's mile tomorrow? Time will tell
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022In the context of my post this morning on the need for pragmatic compassion in the face of the wave of poverty about to hit
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Redirecting private capital towards investment in tackling climate change by changing the tax incentives for doing so is essential in the new world that we now live in
Monday, March 21st, 2022I have this letter in the FT this morning: You report that Boris Johnson is making an appeal to the Saudis to invest more in
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Everything has changed, but when will ministers notice?
Wednesday, March 16th, 2022At least Martin Wolf in the FT gets the idea that everything really has changed as a result of the war in Russia. In the
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When financial experts are this interesting, it is time to really worry
Tuesday, March 15th, 2022I can’t really apologise for the length of this quote from Zoe Williams in The Guardian this morning, when it is about me: Into the
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After 43 years neoliberalism has failed. When will the neoliberals admit it?
Monday, March 7th, 2022Martin Wolf noted in an article published yesterday on the FRT that: As chancellor of the exchequer and potential prime minister, Rishi Sunak is an
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