The divisions in the climate debate are clearly about animosity, not science.
Archive for January, 2010
28 Jan
Wise words on the debt
Sober heads realise that the UK bond market is not suddenly going to implode, for rather dull reasons like the maturity profile of our debt
28 Jan
Tuition Fees have NOT put the disadvantaged off higher education
I am not sure how often this needs to be asserted. But let’s keep doing so all the same. As CentreForum has repeatedly argued – most recently in Time’s Up, a paper directed at the Liberal Democrats’ determination to scrap tuition fees, at great expense – the current way in which tuition fees are paid [...]
27 Jan
What does weak growth mean for the end of stimulus?
This issue affects both the US and the UK. We’ve had our Q4 preliminary figures. Again, a surprise on the downside. Despite the silly fuss about a mostly-predictable inflation blip, it is probably growth figures – nominal GDP, as Simon Ward points out – that will drive future MPC decisions. Even Tories get this – [...]
26 Jan
David Brooks – is this the time ‘look to Haiti’s culture for the real problems’ –
Whatever the deep roots of Haiti’s poverty, now is surely not the time to lobby for a less-aid solution to the world’s problems
25 Jan
Banking, shadow banking, money
Banking versus shadow banking – how real is the distinction anyway?
24 Jan
Krugman to the Fed: proof that you can spring the liquidity trap
I’m not calling for Bernanke to go. But the debate about his reappointment reminds us just how much a single appointment can change financial conditions, on day one.
22 Jan
Some useful posts for macro-theory
Some nice links about inflation, monetary policy, China and so on
22 Jan
Obama prefers hedge funds to banks
Banks are not the epitome of free markets. Obama’s reforms seem to realise this
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