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November 2016
"Bootle and Mills believe in “permanent devaluation”. Is there any exchange rate they regard as too low?"
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October 2016
"What does Brexit mean? Two main options are emerging: the single market option and the free trade option"
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September 2016
"Friedman’s “helicopter money” was designed as a thought experiment to stimulate the imagination — not the real British economy. He was joking"
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July/August 2016
"Have the unelected heads of international institutions got too big for their boots?"
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