Keen sport watchers will have witnessed the use of ‘head-fakes’ to deceive an unsuspecting opponent. Indeed, the phrase is used generally to describe not only using a fake move...
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BOE is talking economic nonsense
The Bank of England (BoE) projects the UK will 'enter recession from Q4'. I will only accept we are heading into recession if the OBR says so when it next updates us in...
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Tory leadership special: In Liz none can trust
It spoke volumes of her promised fiscal approach ‘on becoming’ PM that Liz Truss cited Professor Patrick Minford as an ‘endorser’. Then, in light of revelations of just how far...
Golden Oldie
Euroland recession
Originally published 6 July 2022. Having claimed the UK will avoid such a fate, I want to explore whether Continental Europe can avoid falling victim to recession. To do so I...
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All change, no change
The Liberal politician Joseph Chamberlain is recorded in 1886 as having said: “In politics, there is no use in looking beyond the next fortnight.” Fast forward to 1964 and this...
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A few points for persistently high energy-price Mr Potato Head pests
The ‘potato cycle’ is a staple (sic) of the economics menu. The first thing, in fact, I was taught on the first day I began as an undergraduate, so, so many years ago. This...