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Labour has announced that it would promote a Recovery Bond right now if it was in office. It’s a policy I wholeheartedly support. In this thread I explain why it’s
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Tories are now saying there should be no tax rises this year. Overall, I agree. Right now we don't want overall tax increases taking demand out of a fragile economy.
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The crisis in the NHS is overwhelming this week. It has reminded me of conversations I had with my late father on how to manage within the state sector. I
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I know that I am in denial about what is going to happen over the next few weeks as the NHS is overwhelmed by Covid 19 and tens of thousands
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I am bored by being patronised by those telling me ‘don’t you know Remain is dead?, closely followed by ‘Move on.’ I can tell you, I have. That’s why I
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The more I read it the more I am perplexed by the Brexit deal. It is an OK deal for trade in goods. Except for a mountain of very expensive
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I am bemused by those who demand that we repay the UK government’s debt. It makes me wonder, do they know what it is? And how do they think it
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I keep hearing people complain that the ‘mainstream media’ does not understand economics and that we’re talked down to as if everything must be explained as if the economy is
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As those I know best could confirm, I have long feared a No Deal Brexit. I could not see how Gove and Johnson could or would agree to anything else.
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As some will have noted, there were a lot of reports yesterday on the fact that £50 billion of banks notes are missing in the UK economy. This got me
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There is an obsession that the national debt must be repaid. Assuming it is properly calculated (and I have real doubt about that) it’s coming on for £2,100 billion. Knowing
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I’ve tweeted more about quantitative easing than I really thought to be decent of late. However the questions still keep coming, so here is another QE thread, on the use
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