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It’s Wednesday so not much today. I offer some comments on the latest data release from Germany (not good) and the probability that the new German
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Australia has a dire housing crisis, particularly in the low-income or social housing end. Since the 1990s, successive federal governments, who fund
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It’s Wednesday and only a few items today. It seems that the mainstream economists are emerging again and making all sorts of claims that fiscal
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Today, we have a guest blogger in the guise of Professor Scott Baum from Griffith University who has been one of my regular research colleagues over
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I have finally been able to read the latest fiscal statement – Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 – from the H.M. Treasury, which was
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It’s Wednesday and today, apart from presenting some great music, I am commenting on the ridiculous notion, that even progressive greenies
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It’s Wednesday, so just a few snippets before some great music from the early 1960s. Over the last few weeks, the commentary in the financial and
There was a conference in Berlin recently (25th FMM Conference: Macroeconomics of Socio-Ecological Transition run by the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung),
It takes a while for the mainstream organisations in economics, banking and finance to start to realise that the framework they use cannot explain
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Last week, I did a seminar with a Melbourne financial market group (Wattle Partners), who I regularly help in their education programs. It took the
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It’s Wednesday and my blog-lite day or so it seems. Today I briefly discuss the proposition that the British government can run short of sterling.
I learned long ago that when you consult a surgeon the recommendation will be surgery. After about 10 or more knee operations (both legs) as a result
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These are rather extraordinary times indeed. I have been trawling through the Australian public debt data which is spread across the federal sphere
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It’s Wednesday and I am besieged with writing commitments. Luckily, I have a video to present and some other things that might be of interest. And
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At present, Britain is still in the throes of a global pandemic that has devastated the nation. Last week, at Brighton, the key economic