Tag Archives: fiscal policy
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The Cost of Corbyn – the lies and false assumptions prove the @Conservatives are scared
1November 14, 2019 by Paul Goldsmith
The Conservative Party’s assessment of Labour’s spending plans betray a massive lack of confidence in themselves. They are full of …
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Why interest rates should rise now
Leave a commentNovember 2, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
Economies work in cycles. Yes yes I know Gordon a Brown said he had abolished Boom and Bust, but in …
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Corbyn’s rhetoric sounds good, but does it help those most in need?
1June 29, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
Jeremy Corbyn’s ability to receive rapturous applause in an echo chamber whilst saying exactly what people want to hear continues …
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Labour debt-pointers are risking their party’s economic credibility again
1May 21, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
I actually can’t take it anymore. It is economically illiterate and it is self-defeating and it has to stop. It …
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How Labour should respond to Osborne’s plan to legislate for budget surpluses during growth
1June 11, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Given I have been stating for a while now that Labour should not have arrived at the 2008 recession, …
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Tories’ Tax promise speaks volumes about..Tory promises
1May 1, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Before the 2010 election, the Conservatives said that they wouldn’t raise VAT should they be in government after it. They …
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Will the main parties ever come clean about their actual tax and spending plans?
Leave a commentApril 24, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Yesterday’s election news was dominated for a time by the Institute of Fiscal Studies (an independent think tank aiming to …
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Left wing supply side policies – Why and how Labour CAN be socially democratic without money.
Leave a commentFebruary 28, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
In a wonderful article in Prospect Magazine, the Labour peer Stewart Wood, a key advisor to Ed Miliband, has explained …
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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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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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Kansas tax cuts show that the Laffer curve works both ways
Leave a commentSeptember 6, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Being a great fan of seeing economic theory in action, I can’t help revelling in watching what is happening in …
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Balls says most of us are worse off than in 2010, the Tories’ response is simple yet probably effective
Leave a commentAugust 4, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
In a speech the other day Ed Balls decided to channel that famous leftie Ronald Reagan when he asked the …
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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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