I keep hearing and seeing people saying “Labour just want to give everyone free stuff.” Let’s briefly take a look […]
Category: economics
Labour will enact a Robin Hood Tax on financial transactions
Modern “neoliberal” capitalism requires constantly increasing velocity and atomisation of transactions. A #robinhoodtax at 0.5% is nominal and fair. Capital […]
Steel Crises & Tariffs: What is the economic argument?
The ‘conventional’ view of globalisation and low tariffs, is an assumptive model based on a Ricardian* view of trade and […]
Did UK manufacturing exports halve under Labour?
Part of an ongoing “Economic Myths Debunked” series. I am going to be as brief as possible and use mostly […]
A different perspective on modern economics (revised)
Part of an ongoing “Economic Myths Debunked” series. Economics is often portrayed as being independent, devoid of value judgements, and […]