Those who responded to the poll I put up on swearing an oath of allegiance to the king yesterday seemed very largely of one mind:
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Thank you
Those who have followed the blog of late will know that I put quite a lot of effort into improving its accessibility and structure in
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Three things could guarantee Labour an election victory and they are refusing to do any of them
There is much discussion on Labour’s electoral prospects in the media this morning. It is as if the coming week’s local elections are turning attention
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Will you swear allegiance to the King?
This is the front cover of this morning’s Mail: I will not swear allegiance to someone I think has no right to rule this country.
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Bob Dylan spoke too soon: the time’s they aren’t a changin’
This is from the front page of the Telegraph this morning: So there we have someone who very obviously wishes to be prime minister of
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MMT, Steve Keen, and friends
I was on Steve Keen and Friends yesterday. This is the video, all two hours of it: We discussed a lot of topics, with much
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On the River Cam
On the River Cam today: A great crested grebe on its floating nest. Its partner was nearby, standing guard. It’s a phone picture but the
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MMT – the differences
I am not sure what others have made of the discussions on modern monetary theory (MMT) that have dominated this blog during the last week
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Quantitative easing did not cause inflation: now shall we move on from all claims that it did?
Ben Broadbent, deputy governor of the Bank of England, gave a speech this week in which I agreed with some (but by no means all)
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