I am a member of the Progressive Economy Forum. I am not a member of the Labour Party, or any other party come to that.
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Johnson should enjoy this moment. It may be as good as it gets.
The polarisation of politics continues: the Lib Dems have leapt over Labour in polls (for what they’re worth) as a result of promising Remain. And
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Not the Nobel Prize
I’ve mentioned this before: I’m doing so again for two reasons. First, voting is open on more than 50 candidates – which shows the scale
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If there is a US credit crisis happening we’re not ready for it
The FT has just sent out a mail saying this: Banks and investors rushed on Wednesday to gobble up $75bn in short-term cash the US
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Labour’s Brexit plan: stuck in the middle
Rather bizarrely, it appears that Labour pay has found a workable Brexit proposition to put to voters, more by default than by judgement. With the
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Changing the culture of saving is something the Germans are beginning to get
As the FT notes this morning, Germany is considering issuing a €50 billion green bond at an interest rate of 2% later this week. By
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Ann Pettifor’s The Case for the Green New Deal
Ann Pettifor’s book on the Green New Deal is out today: As the blurb says: The GND has the potential of becoming one of the
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What you think you know about the climate is probably wrong – new UK poll
I thought this post from The Conversation by, Bobby Duffy, Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Policy Institute, King’s College London was worth sharing: We
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Labour and a financial transaction tax: bring it on
As Larry Elliott has noted in the Guardian, Labour appears to be committing itself to a financial transaction tax for use on the financial services
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