The danger from GATS
Thursday, January 8th, 2009Linda Kaucher from the LSE has probably correctly chastised me for ignoring the importance of the ongoing negotiations for a GATS deal (General Agreement on
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Is economics a science?
Monday, December 22nd, 2008I made the observation a few days ago on this blog that economics is not a science. Some from the right have, predictably, argued to
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6 months
Monday, December 22nd, 2008Larry Elliott in this morning’s Guardian: Scholars, politicians and think tanks have little more than six months to come up with ideas to influence policy
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What does the PBR mean?
Monday, November 24th, 2008As someone who has spent most of his career in technical tax my inevitable reaction to any Pre-Budget report is to dive into that press
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for October 20th
Monday, October 20th, 2008These are my links for October 20th: GM, Ford and Chrysler: a nationalisation too far? | Opinion | The First Post – I really would
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Time to reappraise the development presecription
Monday, October 13th, 2008As Larry Elliott notes this morning: Strange things have happened during this crisis, not the least of which is that the IMF was last week
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It's time for local authority bonds - the ultimate safe haven
Thursday, October 9th, 2008My good friend and colleague Colin Hines had the following on the Guardian blog today: Pity the poor pension fund manager charged with putting his
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Did the auditors do their sums?
Friday, October 3rd, 2008Tynegwick Gawcott is a new blogger. He (for I know it is a he) will be one to watch. In his first blog he says:
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What the government should be doing this weekend
Saturday, September 27th, 2008If the US doesn’t bail out its banks this weekend we’ll be in the biggest global financial crisis we’ve ever seen. Banks are already falling
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