There’s a real debt crisis in Britain – but it’s not the one the politicians or journalists are talking about. While Rachel Reeves and the
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What does Prince Andrew have to do with political economy? Quite a lot. In this video I explain how royal privilege reveals the deeper structures
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The Guardian published this at 7.20 this morning: Newsflash: UK government borrowing has hit its highest level since the Covid-19 pandemic in the first half
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Having posted my comment on solution-focused thinking here yesterday, which was a response to PSR’s request for an explanation of how I worked, I then
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People have been asking me to write a glossary entry on bonds. This is my draft. Comments are welcome. Background There is much confusion amongst
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When a Chancellor is out of ideas, they always do the same thing. They announce they will be cutting red tape. And so, we have
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As every person who takes social media seriously knows, it is a life in which statistics play a part. You just can’t help looking at
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Rachel Reeves says she needs to raise taxes to “balance the books.” But that’s not how government finance works. In this video, I explain why
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The government now wants migrants to speak English at A-level standard. But what does that really mean? In this video, I argue that this policy
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