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D. R. Myddelton

4 August 2009

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Vince Cable, the Liberal Democrat spokesman on finance, says he wouldn’t increase total taxes to help deal with huge projected government deficits. Instead he wants “fairer” taxes...

The tragic failure of Keynesian economics

Steven Kates

30 July 2009

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What we call “Keynesian” economics is not some minor sub-division of economic theory but is the very essence of macroeconomics itself. Keynes in 1936 had one central idea in writing his...

Why public spending cuts are an historic opportunity for UK healthcare

Helen Evans

28 July 2009

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Not a day goes by now without the UK press having story after story about necessary and impending public spending cuts to solve our problematic national debt. Although there is much speculation...

UK debt crisis: politicians must wake up and smell the coffee

Richard Wellings

22 June 2009

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Britain now faces its worst ever peacetime fiscal crisis, yet our politicians seem incapable of grasping the seriousness of the situation. Indeed, when Andrew Lansley suggested recently...

Britain faces worst ever peacetime fiscal crisis

David B. Smith

10 June 2009

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Britain now faces one of the most serious fiscal crises in its peacetime history. One reason is that the UK is now caught up in a sudden and severe international recession. However, the government...

What should Cameron cut?

Richard Wellings

8 May 2009

22 comments

The projections in last month’s Budget were terrifying. They suggest that net government borrowing is likely to reach unprecedented levels over the next three years: ● 2009-10:...

G20: cutting public spending should be the main priority

Richard Wellings

2 April 2009

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Gordon Brown may be advocating a further fiscal stimulus as a means to promote economic recovery at today’s G20 meeting, but, certainly in Britain’s case, implementing such a policy...

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