Friday, 23 November 2012

The Future Jobs Fund: what a waste

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The Department for Work and Pensions today published an analysis of the impacts and costs of the Future Jobs Fund.  The impact analysis wa...
Monday, 19 November 2012

The Treasury Committee, cont: "My concern is not the economics"

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I, and my colleagues Angus Armstrong and Simon Kirby, gave evidence to the Treasury Committee on Tuesday November 13th. The full uncorrecte...
Thursday, 15 November 2012

Faith-based economics at the Treasury Committee

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I, and my colleagues Angus Armstrong and Simon Kirby, gave evidence to the Treasury Committee on Tuesday November 13th.  Should you have tim...
Monday, 12 November 2012

Illegal migrants: can't even get themselves arrested?

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How many illegal immigrants are there in the UK? Unlike other such questions - how many 12 year olds are there in the UK? how many gay Jews?...
Wednesday, 31 October 2012

Self-defeating austerity?

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Is austerity – particularly the fiscal consolidation programmes currently under way in most European Union countries - self-defeating?  Th...
Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Tomorrow's growth statistics today?

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Did David Cameron's comments at Prime Minister's Questions - "the good news will keep on coming" -  today move the sterlin...

How did we get into this mess and what can we do about it?

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The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) asked me (as well as others) to record a brief video on the origins of, and potenti...