I got this email yesterday, from the inspiring campaigners called ‘Led by Donkeys’: On Monday night Nigel Farage finally admitted that “Brexit has failed”. Of
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Message from the Bank of England: the beatings will continue
Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, addressed the British Chamber of Commerce yesterday. His main message was: At the May meeting, the [Bank
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Inaugural time
I am giving my inaugural lecture at Sheffield University Management School this evening. Waiting a couple of years to do so is by no means
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Carbon offsetting is just an excuse for inaction: real change to business processes is needed
I noted the Guardian reporting this week that: Adverts that claim products are carbon neutral using offsets are to be banned by the UK’s advertising
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Millions in the UK are living with wholly unnecessary and ultimately catastrophic debt crises
The FT has reported that: To put this in context, there are about 33 million taxpayers in the UK. There is likely to be a
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Where do the Tories think their populist agenda will end?
I watched this extract from a speech by Katharine Birbalsingh at the National Conservative conference yesterday. I think you should to. Only by doing so
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Communicating MMT
As many readers here will be aware, I recently dedicated quite a lot of effort to thinking about a white paper on modern monetary theory
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The fiscal rule that we really need
Andy Haldane, formerly at the Bank of England and now at the Royal Society of Arts, has said something I can definitely agree with in
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Braverman, out of step
As the Guardian notes in its morning comment email: Thousands of Britons should be trained to drive trucks, work in the meat industry and gather
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