Tag Archives: ECON2
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Why public finances cannot be compared to personal finances
1May 26, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
Have you ever heard someone compare the public finances to personal finances? Have you ever heard the accusation that Labour …
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Conservative welfare policies are too easily badged with “nasty party” to win them an election
3February 19, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Margaret Thatcher’s lasting legacy to the Conservative Party seems to be that when they say “long-term economic plan” many people …
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Syriza coalition with Independent Greeks shows Tsipras refuses to accept he can’t control Economics
1January 30, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
There’s going to be a lot to write about Greece over the next few months. The inevitable result of a …
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Inflation at 0.5% – should we worry about deflation now?
Leave a commentJanuary 16, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
So inflation has continued it’s fall to the point where deflation is a distinct possibility, with some economists saying it’s …
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Day one and Labour quickly falls into Tories’ austerity trap
Leave a commentJanuary 6, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Amongst the astonishingly negative start to the General Election campaign yesterday, as the Tories said that Labour would crash the …
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Deflation stalks the UK – why we should worry
4December 27, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Normally, you would expect the announcement that inflation has fallen as far down as 1% to be greeted with joy. …
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Miliband’s deficit cutting plan is late, but better than never
Leave a commentDecember 12, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
The trouble with the speech Ed Miliband gave yesterday on how Labour would reduce the deficit is not that it …
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Why has the fall in unemployment led to a FALL in tax receipts?
4October 15, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
In a fascinating article for the Times (click here to read), Ed Conway, the economics editor of Sky News, raises …
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Unpicking the mansion tax
Leave a commentOctober 6, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Oh the mansion tax, the mansion tax, the mansion tax….it’s been talked about for a long time and now, given …
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Universities UK tuition fee impact figures should lead to a discussion about what a university education is for
Leave a commentAugust 12, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
So Universities UK published a report recently that is the first proper attempt to analyse the effect of raising university …
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GDP being back where it was is not a ‘recovery’. Investment needs to recover too.
Leave a commentAugust 5, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
About a fortnight ago the government announced triumphantly that the economy had fully recovered from the recession. To illustrate this …
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Austerity 2 – you ain’t seen nothing yet
Leave a commentJuly 6, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
The UK has one of the largest budget deficits in the world. The amount that our government spending exceeds our …
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The ECB set negative interest rates: What does this mean?
Leave a commentJune 8, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
On Thursday the European Central Bank announced that it was setting their interest rate at -0.1%. This is not a …
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AS Macro technique – get the basics in your brain
Leave a commentMay 19, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZxvYy5-ekI As the AS Macroeconomics exam approaches, I have trying to explain to my pupils the importance of getting the basics …
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