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Opinion: Son of Plan A – why are we supporting?
Economic policy is always a mixture of fiscal, monetary and political policy. “Nick, George has come up with another of his jolly good wheezes. You remember that Plan A malarkey ..?” Well, dear reader,...
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Uncomfortable truths from the IFS on public spending and tax cuts but...
Last week, the highly-respected Institute for Fiscal Studies produced its annual “Green Budget”: its attempt to inject some realism into the national debate on the economy ahead of the chancellor’s...
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Could it really not be any clearer than this?
Defending the clarity of his party’s position on the deficit after forgetting to mention it in his speech, Ed Miliband said Ed Balls talked this week about our approach on the deficit. I have talked...
View ArticleNick Clegg on the “utter nonsense” of Tory spending plans
In another strong demonstration of the differences between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives, Nick Clegg went on the Today programme yesterday to talk about deficit reduction and fiscal...
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Opinion: Fiscal consolidation and the Liberal Democrats
Over the past few days, questions have emerged about the Liberal Democrats’ proposals for fiscal consolidation. Liberal Reform felt it would therefore be helpful to clarify what the challenges are, to...
View ArticleOpinion: Deficit reduction: between a rock and a hard place
View image | gettyimages.com In recent discussions of deficit reduction my ear was caught by a survey or economists, organised by the Centre for Macroeconomics and the a press release from the...
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When is the right time to reduce the deficit?
Liberal Democrats and Social Democrats have a very wide range of opinions, including economics. However, despite our differences, it’s possible to discuss them in a good-natured, honest way, without...
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Was Vince Cable proved right on austerity?
When the histories of the coalition government come to be written, those chapters focussing on the role of Vince Cable will be some of the most fascinating. Vince’s fierce intelligence combined with a...
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