My fellow Mile End Road Economist, Prof Danny Blanchflower, had good things to say on economics in his Peston Lecture yesterday. This annual event is
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This tweet from BBC Question Time last night was telling: “We all made mistakes, but we made catastrophic errors.”Scientist @ProfRWinston says the UK’s approach to
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This years Peston Lecture takes place this afternoon.  My friend, occasional sparring partner and Mile End Road economist, Prof David Blanchflower will be talking about
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The foundations of populist politics are easy to explain. First you say that the people are oppressed by an elite. Then you say that the
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The Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities has released the third wave of the Household Resilience Survey, carried out during April and May 2021.
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As the FT noted this morning: Extreme volatility in energy markets will present a continued risk unless investment in clean power is tripled in the
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Dominic Cummings said this on Twitter yesterday: He added: In other words, the Tories knowingly lied about both Brexit and its consequences for Northern Ireland
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I share this tweet from Chris Packham, referring to the attack on his property this weekend and the hate he suffers on social media: Harassment
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Simon Jenkins can be the most annoying of commentators in The Guardian. He can also get things right. He did when discussing the need for
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