economics
We’re all economists now, part one
Ben Mitchell presents the first part of his two-part primer in economics. Essential reading for all Left Foot Forwardistas.
UK’s public debt is about to exceed that of the US for the first time
The USA is about to have a lower public debt than the UK, for the first time; Cormac Hollingsworth looks at why that may have happened.
Salmond has questions to answer, because the evidence doesn’t support him
William Bain lays out the evidence against a financially viable independent Scotland
What’s right for Aberdeen isn’t for York; unemployment needs city-specific solutions
Paul Swinney of Centre for Cities presents the evidence to demonstrate why potential solutions to the unemployment problem must be focused at a city-wide level.
When the private sector collapses for a second time
Cormac Hollingsworth looks at what happens when the private sector collapses for a second time. It begins with D and ends with ouble dip recession.
“The PM is wrong: the labour market is very weak”
Richard Exell runs through the latest figures from the labour market, and finds that "it is very weak and the prospects for unemployed people are very poor."