Posts Tagged ‘Public Spending’

Conference on 12th November

CentreForum are hosting a major event on public spendng, on 12th November.

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ahem . . . thinktank publication of the YEAR . . .

I would like to thank my family, friends, dog, the staff of the Financial Times and the Guardian, everyone at CentreForum, everyone not at CentreForum who voted for it, the people at the SMF for taking me on as an intern, and everyone else. ‘A balancing act: fair solutions to a modern debt crisis’ wins Publication of the year. Thank god the reference to pubic spending was removed.

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Seriously, the CBI is trying to drive us into another Depression

The CBI’s call to cut £120bn off government spending by 2015-16 (even cumulatively) is the worst piece of economic advice to be offered all year, against some pretty strong competition from The Right hon. G Osborne.

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Conservative conference: John Redwood on public spending Cuts

The John Redwood event at Conservative conference

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That issue again

There is a dangerous risk that the Tories have the wrong economic model for approaching their biggest future decision.

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How dare he

Cameron’s speech contained two shocking pieces of dishonesty, that drew massive cheers from his Conservative crowd

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Tory maths: not so much better than Labour maths after all?

Not so sure now that Osborne has been as straight with the People as he wants us to think

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Off to the Conservative Conference

Two topics off my beaten path before an unfamiliar audience.

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Brown’s speech, the Elephant in the room

The biggest headline from Brown’s speech was what was missing. The blogosphere is not helping much here.

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How cutting the deficit can increase the deficit

If things get really bad, cutting back may make it worse. Depression economics with all the figures this time. And allow the central bank to credibly pursue reflation rather than fussing about inflation

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