{"id":69457,"date":"2023-04-25T16:18:07","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=69457"},"modified":"2023-04-25T16:18:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:18:07","slug":"the-bbc-has-at-least-one-economics-correspondent-who-understands-economics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2023\/04\/25\/the-bbc-has-at-least-one-economics-correspondent-who-understands-economics\/","title":{"rendered":"The BBC has at least one economics correspondent who understands economics"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have noted that the BBC<\/a> has been publishing an austerity agenda view of government debt on its website.<\/p>\n

Then I noted that Andy Verity, the BBC economics correspondent who understands MMT (and therefore does not appear to get on air very much) had been tweeting, as if in response to the BBC's own article.<\/p>\n

I first picked this up from this tweet:<\/p>\n

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To put him in context, Harrison was Osborne;'s chief of staff from 2006 to 2105, including most of the years he was Chancellor. He is not the most astute or objective observer as a result.<\/p>\n

The rest of Andy Verity's thread is worth sharing:<\/p>\n

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Well said, Andy Verity.<\/p>\n

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I have noted that the BBC has been publishing an austerity agenda view of government debt on its website. Then I noted that Andy Verity,
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