Friday, June 07, 2024

Charles Moore on Tories and Labour

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What are the two main parties' core beliefs? Lord Moore in The Spectator   The Spectator 1 June 2024  asks for clarification about:  ...
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

James Robertson

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James Robertson the pioneer of alternative economics has died  (Obit. The Times 18 Jan.       Guardian 6 Dec 2023   ).    Through his writin...
Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). The Digital Pound - Consultation. A response

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The Bank of England asked for comments about its idea for a digital currency: 'The digital pound: a new form of money for households and...
Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Budget alternatives: Richard Werner on Digital Currencies & A New Financial System

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UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is set to announce 12 regional growth projects with low tax and other investment incentives (ex-PM Liz Truss wante...
Wednesday, August 03, 2022

Sunak vs Truss: Debt, Inflation and Levelling Up

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The Conservative leadership contenders ask:  When does the Covid-induced public debt start to get paid off? What about inflation if we reduc...
Saturday, June 04, 2022

Jubilee - A very suitable word?

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Great words get borrowed and highjacked for quite different purposes.  'Jubilee' was originally 'a year of emancipation and rest...
Monday, December 06, 2021

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Merryn Somserset Webb favours land value tax In a philosophical article in Saturday's FT ( 4 December 2021 ) Merryn Somerset Webb write...
Saturday, May 08, 2021

Hartlepool levelling up: Was that it?

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What did 'levelling up' mean in the Hartlepool swing to the Tories?  The Hartlepool constituency , returned a Tory MP Jill Mortimer,...
Thursday, November 05, 2020

Universal Basic Income: 'Fasten the seatbelt before hitting the wall' - Ronnie Cowan MP

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Following 100,000+ votes for the petition in favour of Universal Basic Income (this blog March 19 2020) a Parliamentary debate was held on ...