-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- Matthew on Is victim culture to blame for post combat stress disorder?
- Dave Morris on Is victim culture to blame for post combat stress disorder?
- Matthew on Time to think of England
- Philip R Hosking on Time to think of England
- Matthew on Time to think of England
Categories
Archives
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
Social Networks
Subscribe
WikioTop Blogs
Category Archives: Economics & Finance
How is Labour’s economic stimulus meant to work?
ON Monday at lunchtime Labour’s leader Ed Miliband was subjected to a fierce interview by Martha Kearney on the BBC Radio 4′s World at One. The main subject of contention was Labour’s economic policy, and in particular whether the party’s plan for … Continue reading
Posted in Economics & Finance, Politics UK
Tagged Ed Miliband, Labour, Paul Krugman, UK economic policy
Leave a comment
Monetary policy is a useless collective noun
At the time of the financial crisis of 2007 and 2008 it was commonplace to say that modern economics, especailly the macroeconomic variety, was in crisis, and needed a fundamental rethink. Alas, the vested interests of established economists have prevailed. … Continue reading
Posted in Economics & Finance, Politics UK
Tagged Abenomics, economics, Japan, monetary policy, money, UK economic policy
Leave a comment
David Graeber’s Debt the First 5,000 years – the emperor has no clothes
One of the books I received for Christmas was David Graeber’s Debt, the First 5,000 Years. Mr Graeber is an American anthropologist, now working at Goldsmiths in London, who has been active in the anti-capitalist Occupy movement, and describes himself as … Continue reading
Posted in Economics & Finance, World
Tagged David Graeber, debt, economics, monetary policy, money
1 Comment
Does Britain need the City?
The British governing class has reacted furiously to the European Parliament’s attempt to limit bankers’ bonuses. Once again their central argument is that it is a threat the wholesale financial services businesses that are based in the City of London, … Continue reading
Posted in Economics & Finance, Politics UK
Tagged banking reform, City of London, economics, financial markets
2 Comments
The public’s foul politcal mood: symptom or disease?
Is depression an illness? It can be. Many people suffer depression that is so severe that it overwhelms them. They need help and we categorise it as mental illness: a condition with a life of its own, where medical intervention … Continue reading
Posted in Economics & Finance, Politics UK
Tagged Eastleigh, Paddy Ashdown, UK economic policy, UK politics
Leave a comment
Britain’s economy: is the right right?
Britain’s economic performance since the Coalition government took over in 2010 has been as dismal as today’s cold, damp and grey London weather. Negligible economic growth; government finances that stubbornly refuse to improve, even as services and benefits are cut; … Continue reading
Abenomics: why it doesn’t look good for Japan’s economic experiment
A few years ago, as the Greek crisis unfolded, an Economist blogger suggested that its austerity programme would be an interesting experiment. Did the then fashionable idea of austerity growth have any validity? The answer to that experiment seems to … Continue reading
Posted in Economics & Finance, World
Tagged Abenomics, economics, Japan, Paul Krugman, Shinzo Abe
Leave a comment
Growth: the deeper questions
Today first estimates of the UK’s final quarter GDP show that the economy shrank by 0.3%. There will be a lot of posturing around this but it doesn’t mean that much. GDP is not a direct measure of wellbeing (unlike unemployment, for example), … Continue reading
Posted in Economics & Finance, Politics UK
Tagged Baumol, economics, growth, UK economic policy
Leave a comment
Taxing multinationals – after the sound and fury we need solutions that work
Multinationals like Starbucks, Amazon and Google has been on the wrong end of publicity in recent weeks here in the UK. They don’t seem to be paying very much corporate tax, in spite of well established and successful commercial operations … Continue reading
Posted in Economics & Finance, Politics UK
Tagged Corporation tax, economics, tax policy, UK economic policy
Leave a comment
The imperial illusion of macroeconomics
Once again the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Autumn statement has provoked a storm of claim and counterclaim among economics commentators. The particular breed of expert whose voice is loudest is the macroeconomist. They have a lot of important things … Continue reading