Blue Labour and economics
The Duncan Weldon Economics Matters Column Recently I’ve been listening to a lot of PJ Harvey. Whilst I’ve…
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Why we shouldn’t be too eager to push a Brown candidacy for the IMF
The Duncan Weldon Economics Matters Column Following speculation in recent days that Dominique Strauss-Kahn (DSK) is about to…
A fragile recovery – but the Tory economic plans remain folly
The Duncan Weldon Economics Matters Column Last week saw the release of the second estimate of third quarter…
The bond market: not that scary
The Duncan Weldon Economics Matters Column In the early 1990s, Clinton advisor James Carville said: “I used to…
The economy is far from out of the woods; Osborne’s ideology could still plunge us into depression
The return of the Duncan Weldon Economics Matters column It seems a long time since I last wrote…
The politics of envy and the hypocrisy of the right
The Duncan Weldon Economics Matters column The ‘Politics of Envy’ is a phrase much used by the right.…
A new paradigm needed?
The Duncan Weldon Economics Matters column I missed my usual slot last week – the stress of moving…
The election battle to come – but are we ready?
By Duncan Weldon The major news on the ‘political economy’ front this week came on Wednesday with Andrew…
House prices and the Left
The Duncan Weldon Economics Matters Column Lots of talk about Brown and the Party leadership this week, but…
The State: more power or less?
The Duncan Weldon Economics Matters Column In the comments of last weekÒ’’s post I promised to address the…
