As the Office for National Statistics has noted this morning: The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 10.1% in the 12 months to March 2023,
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The ONS published wage data to the end of February yesterday. There were no great surprises. Both real total and regular pay fell on the
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I think this introduction to a chapter in the most recent British Social Attitudes survey is so significant that I am sharing it in full:
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As if to mark the new name of this blog I have published what I think is quite an important new paper this morning. This
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After quite a lot of agonising over the last few weeks, the eagle-eyed will note that the blog got its new title this morning. I
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Labour are continuing to make complete and utter fools of themselves, this time on the NHS: This is total nonsense. Doubling the number of doctors
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I promised a week ago that I would both publish a modern monetary theory (MMT) glossary entry and publish more about what I think MMT
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Government ministers claim that the country cannot afford a fair settlement for the NHS, teachers and other essential public sector workers. They would apparently prefer
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I have been musing on productivity over the weekend. The conclusions are at least fivefold. First, productivity measures are totally distorted. Those in manufacturing assume
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