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...Much of the burden is due to inflation caused by rising prices for energy and global commodities....
...The late Giles Gordon — Scotland’s top literary agent, whose clients included Fay Weldon, Vikram Seth and Peter Ackroyd — briefly represented him at the end of the 1990s....
...Over on his blog, Giles Wilkes has an excellent summary of that debate, as does Duncan Weldon in his Value Added newsletter....
...Catherine Weldon, associate scientist at 23andMe, and Stella Aslibekyan, genetic epidemiologist, wrote that the higher case rate among women may be due to hormonal differences....
...piles significant pressure on Tory leadership frontrunner Liz Truss, who told the Financial Times last week that she would “look at what more can be done” but “in a Conservative way of lowering the tax burden...
...But as Mr Weldon points out, this was a conflict for which Britain was relatively well prepared....
...– Duncan Weldon: Dreaming of a ‘single market-lite’ for Britain? Time to wake up. – The economists’ letter indicator? – Only contrarians outperform. – The Sand Wars continue....
...The point is that the Bank can’t carry the burden alone without ending up with either helicopter money or what look to be self-defeating negative rates,” notes Weldon....
...Weldon, Medium The widowmaker doesn’t care if this is nuts – FT Alphaville The BoJ has started helicopter drops – The Philosophy of Money...
...I think it’s too much of a burden for the dying to put on the living. Do you believe in an afterlife? Yes....
...Duncan Weldon, TUC: Economists and economic historians are likely to still be debating the productivity puzzle in years to come....
...“There are certain things that I want to make sure we’re doing and getting done that I wouldn’t want to burden somebody with,” he said....
...Duncan Weldon, TUC: The case against ‘Plan A’ was never that it would lead to perpetual contraction but that it would slow any recovery and lengthen any down turn....
...Duncan Weldon, TUC: Talking about a UK housing market does not make much sense. In reality, we have a series of regional property markets....
...Duncan Weldon, TUC: This not the recovery the chancellor wanted. Not only is it several years late, but it remains unbalanced....
...Duncan Weldon, TUC: “The UK’s relationship with the EU – from co-operation and strengthening ties to leaving altogether – has been a slow-moving political discussion, rather than an economics one, and that...
...Simon Wells, HSBC: The UK has a huge debt burden and a sluggish economy but low borrowing costs. If these were to rise, the debt dynamic would look worse....
...THE WHITE MAN’S BURDEN: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good by William Easterly Oxford ₤16.99, 392 pages The problem, says economist Easterly, is too many big...
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