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A fiscal No Man's Land: Modern Monetary Theory and the Budget

The Article, 4 March 2021

Spare a thought for finance ministers, and the opposition counterparts who aspire to replace them. The conventional wisdom was that they should at least make an attempt to follow fiscal rules. Now, there are no rules.

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Progressive investing

Policy Network, 1 October 2020

My contribution to Aftershock, Policy Network's series on the pandemic. Progressives have much to learn from ethical or 'ESG' investors.

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Credibility Now

Fabian Society, January 2016

Neither a return to pre-crash business as usual nor a politics of anti-austerity will restore Labour’s economic credibility. I outline a new economic framework to meet the challenges of our time.

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Labour's challenge is to propose a genuine alternative

Progress, 25 November 2015

My initial reaction to the government's Autumn Statement on government finances and spending.

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One lesson for Labour

Progress, 10 July 2015

The first Conservative budget since 1996 illustrated one lesson for Labour: how important it is to establish and maintain economic credibility.

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Labour and the economy - bridging the credibility chasm

Fabian Society, 5 June 2015

The lessons of The Credibility Deficit, published in 2011, still apply. Here's how.

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Five economic challenges for Labour leadership candidates

Policy Network, 22 May 2015

As the contenders for the Labour leadership begin to set out their stalls, what are the economic questions they should be answering?

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Undermining trust and credibility

Progress, 30 April 2015

The Conservatives seem to be undermining what economic credibility they had.

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Where does government fit into economics now?

Anticipations, April 2015

The economic issues facing whichever party wins the General Election.

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Tackling the issue of economic credibility head on

Progress, 14 April 2015

Labour's manifesto commits to economic credibility.

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