As I tweeted yesterday: There is a junior doctor’s strike next week. Patients will be harmed , but they are anyway everyday by a government
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Why the Silicon Valley Bank failed and the lessons to be learned
The US-incorporated Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) failed last Friday. It is not clear what the extent of the failure might be as yet: suggestions are
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It’s budget week, so let’s do Budget bingo
The Budget is on Wednesday. As usual, I will be on Radio 2 at about 13.30 on that day, speaking to Jeremy Vine as the
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New glossary items
I posted a number of new glossary items yesterday, as follows: OECD transfer pricing guidelines Arm’s length method Maxed-out credit card National income Inflation Money
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What is fascism?
I was asked recently to add a definition of fascism to the glossary and in light of the current debate felt it useful to do
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The essential freedoms
There was discussion here recently on the merits of preparing a manifesto summarising the ideas that underpin this blog. It was suggested that Franklin D
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Jonathan Pie on Lineker
First they came for Gary Lineker
I wonder if the BBC executives really thought about what they were doing by taking on Gary Lineker because he told the truth. They objected
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The BBC has fallen to the fascists
From my Twitter feed this afternoon: This is fascism in action. Those who disagree with the far-right government and Daily Mail lines are now to
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