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June 2011
‘To Keynesians such as Martin Wolf and Larry Summers, the theory is simple: cuts in public expenditure and reductions in deficits have deflationary effects. But what about the evidence?’
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May 2011
'I propose Congdon's Law of Public Debt: that no country has ever paid interest payments on government debt in excess of 15 per cent of GDP'
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April 2011
‘The monstrosity of the bank payroll tax makes “a Budget for growth” a sick and pathetic joke’
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January/February 2011
‘Quantatitive easing prevented the Great Recession from becoming the Second Great Depression’
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