I wrote quite a number of tweets yesterday whilst watching the various press conferences that closed the G7 summit. The most popular was this: I
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I have been intrigued, and also amused, by the reaction to Boris Johnson over the weekend. Take this from Beth Rigby of Sky News yesterday:
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The government published new data on R – the rate of spread of Covid 19 – on Friday. As they noted: I was amused by
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I am expecting some  modern monetary theory  (MMT) directed criticism for having signed and posted the letter from a wide range of activists, practitioners and
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This letter was sent to the G7 leadership yesterday by a rather large group of economists, activists and practitioners. I was one of the signatories
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I have a viewpoint article in Dow Jones Financial News today: The article can be accessed by registering and then using your one free article
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My column for The National is out: 'This is one where all those with an interest in Scotland being independent must have an opinion now'
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I missed this a day or so ago, but if anyone has any doubt where Biden’s sympathies lie in this world this should really make
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Andy Haldane, soon to be the ex-Cheif Economist of the Bank of England, has an article in the New Statesman this week claiming that all
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