Job figures are horrendous but hardly a surprise
By David Blanchflower Published 12 October 2011 16:28This was always an ideological attack on the state and the young are going to have to pay.
The Danes' counter-example
By David Blanchflower Published 06 October 2011 12:39Additional stimulus hasn't caused bond yields to rise in Denmark. They're in the EU and have their own currency. Like us.
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Sir Mervyn can't be pleased. The MPC is in a hole.
By David Blanchflower Published 05 October 2011 19:38As in the US, growth forecasts were wrong all along.
Consumer confidence up? Sorry, it's not
By David Blanchflower Published 30 September 2011 10:45And here's why . . .
Listen to Andrew Sentance if you want a good laugh
By David Blanchflower Published 26 September 2011 19:49The former MPC member has made an art of wrongly calling every economic issue for the past five years.
Why banks must be independent of ignorant politicians
By David Blanchflower Published 21 September 2011 16:36Four top Republicans write an open letter to the Federal Reserve.
How to prevent another meltdown
By David Blanchflower Published 21 September 2011 11:11The Bank of England must restart quantitative easing. Then Osborne must slow his cuts.
What do our leaders say about the economic "catastrophe"? Nothing
By David Blanchflower Published 19 September 2011 18:22Britain's economic problems are getting worse. It's time the government took notice.
The odd tale of "my" Twitter account, part II
By David Blanchflower Published 16 September 2011 18:03Any tweets from @D_Blanchflower and from @blanchflowerd are not from me.
What do the unemployment figures actually show?
By David Blanchflower Published 14 September 2011 17:18There was no good news in today's figures -- and this is just the beginning.
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