Author: Bertie Lyhne-Gold

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The US should now be encouraging spending

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President Biden’s fiscal stimulus is not only big news for Americans, but it also presents opportunities for the globe. This is the most significant shift back to fiscal policy as a way of stimulating economic activity, away from from the monetary policy strategy of the 2007-8 recession. Importantly, this package adds to the $4 trillion […]

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Scottish Independence looms: Rather than dither and delay, Johnson must radically change his approach.

Oliver Lewis quitting from the ‘Union Unit’ over a week ago with less than two weeks in the job is frankly the least of Boris Johnson’s difficulties. Johnson is perhaps too keenly aware of the wider issue at hand: more than twice as many Britons think Scotland will be independent in 10 years than think […]