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Category Archives: Economics
The dawning of a new era?
Will the COVID-19 crisis see the start of a new economic order? asks DAN ATKINSON. Continue reading
Isn’t the gig economy brilliant? (Or not)
DAN ATKINSON on the mixed messages of the Taylor review. Continue reading
1997: ‘What’s the point of democracy?’
ALWYN TURNER on the Labour government’s 1997 decision to give the Bank of England control of interest rates. Continue reading
Lo-NRG
Will energy be the next big political battleground? DAN ATKINSON explains. Continue reading
Europe (still) isn’t working
In the wake of the referendum, DAN ATKINSON asks whether the failure of the euro will destroy the EU. Continue reading
His NIBs: Labour’s National Investment Bank
DAN ATKINSON on the precedents and prospects for John McDonnell’s not-so-modest proposal. Continue reading
No strings attached: The Osborne legacy
What should we make of the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, wonders DAN ATKINSON. Continue reading
The Apple i-Punt
DAN ATKINSON on currency, tax and identity in the Republic of Ireland. Continue reading
Railtracks of our tears: Corbyn and Veblen
DAN ATKINSON on the Labour leader, the idiosyncratic economist and rail nationalisation. Continue reading
The strange rebirth of social democracy
DAN ATKINSON on the post-referendum possibilities for a progressive Britain. Continue reading
Calling EU cliches: The Big Sleepwalk
Everyone from Michael Gove to Michael Portillo (via Jacques de Cock) is worried about nocturnal wandering. Continue reading
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