Not Our Job to Prevent Recession (1): Bank of England
The Bank of England’s inflation mandate virtually guarantees recessions as higher interest rates repeatedly puncture house-price booms. What are higher
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The Bank of England’s inflation mandate virtually guarantees recessions as higher interest rates repeatedly puncture house-price booms. What are higher
Continue readingI’ve just watched today’s Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) on iPlayer (warning: programme will probably not remain permanently available), because it’s
Continue readingOver the last few decades, here in the UK, we’ve become very good at pointing to apparent failure. Often despite
Continue readingWhen our civilisation finally collapses, and becomes of interest only to historians, explanations will be sought. How did we throw
Continue readingI was much taken by one of Larry Elliott’s pieces for the Guardian a couple of weeks back. Larry identified
Continue readingJay Rayner’s review of the Eastside Inn in today’s Observer magazine includes an unforgettable comment about its owner, “chef Bjorn
Continue readingThe debate as to what to do to try to prevent a repeat of what I like to term the
Continue readingA while ago I started what was intended to be a series of posts detailing the causes of what I’m
Continue readingBack in 1998, McKinsey published a famous report: Driving Productivity and Growth in the UK economy (pdf, free registration required),
Continue readingThe housing market has been a British obsession for far longer than it has in the US. A few years
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