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Inflation Eases; Wages Fall

There is no real sign of a burst of inflation. This must upset those who long for an uptick so they can support their argument that we need to raise interest rates to stem such an uptick. Hitherto the inflation hawks have had to look to ghosts and made up stuff to help their cause. […]

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Controversial Economics

A number of us have grown tired of shouting – in my case endlessly repeating myself – about current economic policy. I am sure we have worn out our welcome. We sound shrill. We sound partisan. We risk making ourselves irrelevant because our repetition doesn’t seem to add to the debate. Indeed we appear to […]

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Are Utopian Dreams Going Pop?

That sound you hear is my muffled shout of exasperation. There are signs, few but significant, that the penny is slowly dropping. Our economy has been driven onto the rocks, where it remains firmly stuck. Some of us have been talking ourselves hoarse about this for what feels like a lifetime. Others have blithely gone […]

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