Will We Save the Economy?
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 23rd February 2021 Boris Johnson has announced plans to move the country out of lockdown. Provided all goes well with the opening of schools and [...]
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02, 2021
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02, 2021
SUNDAY COLUMN: The Power of Local Government
Anne Marie Waters Sunday 21st February 2021 This May, our local elections return. These were cancelled in 2020 because of COVID restrictions, and it's still unclear exactly how the logistics [...]
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02, 2021
The Lessons of GameStop
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 9th February 2021 In recent weeks, an odd occurrence took place on the stock market. It has caused a significant shift in the attitudes of [...]
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01, 2021
State of the Economy – Fast Changing
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 26th January 2021 It will come as no surprise to you that I am about to give bad news about the UK economy; particularly unemployment. [...]
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01, 2021
Economic update – China UP, Britain DOWN
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 19th January 2021 China's economy is the only major one to grow in 2020. It's no wonder, because it cashed in on the very pandemic [...]
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01, 2021
State of the Economy 2021
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 5th January 2021 We are only days in to 2021 and once again, Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has shaken the money tree [...]
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12, 2020
SUNDAY COLUMN: Deal Or No Deal?
Anne Marie Waters Sunday December 13th 2020 Following the bulk of a year where we heard little but coronavirus, Brexit is back in the headlines. The reason is a [...]
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12, 2020
Our Economy: Vaccines and Brexit Deals
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday December 8th 2020 News on the British economy this morning is dominated by two things: Brexit and the COVID-19 vaccine. Will we be able to [...]
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12, 2020
State of the Economy: ‘Children Ripping Open Bags for Food’
Anne Marie Waters December 1st 2020 There is a short documentary on the BBC website looking at the financial situation for the poorest people in Burnley. A church representative [...]
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11, 2020
The State of the Economy – What now?
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday November 24th 2020 The run-up to Christmas is vital to the life of some businesses. Retail sales peak at this time of year and for [...]
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11, 2020
The Magic Money Tree
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday November 3rd 2020 It's the development we were all dreading; another lockdown. England will enter a second lockdown - though one not as severe as [...]
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10, 2020
No End to Jobs Crisis
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday October 27th 2020 Two articles have caught my eye this morning; how jobs are continuing to be lost due to local lockdowns, and the impact [...]
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10, 2020
China’s Economic Recovery
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday October 20th 2020 The world economy is moving fast and it isn't easy to keep up. Last week I gave you some detail on the [...]
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10, 2020
Furlough Scheme: What Happens Next?
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 13th October 2020 I'll return to my series of reviews of Thomas Sowell's Economic Facts and Fallacies in the coming weeks, but for now, Rishi [...]
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10, 2020
The Tories and the Economy – Failure after Failure
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday October 6th 2020 In recent weeks, I've been covering the work and ideas of American economist Thomas Sowell by reviewing his book Economic Facts and [...]
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09, 2020
Economic Facts & Fallacies – Part Three
Anne Marie Waters September 29th 2020 In this series of blogs, I'm looking at some of the ideas of the American economist Thomas Sowell, and specifically his book Economic [...]
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09, 2020
Economic Facts and Fallacies – Part Two
Anne Marie Waters September 22nd 2020 In the first of this blog series (you can read part one here) I looked at the concept of fallacy as put forward [...]
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09, 2020
Economic Facts and Fallacies – Part One
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday September 1st 2020 You may be familiar with Thomas Sowell, the American economist. If not, I recommend his work. He grew up in Harlem and [...]
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08, 2020
State of the Economy: Much the Same
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday August 11th 2020 It feels as though this column only ever features bad news, but that is hardly surprising given the times we are in. [...]
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08, 2020
State of the Economy: Rising Unemployment
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday August 4th 2020 The word that takes centre stage this week is unemployment. Big names are laying off staff in increasingly worrying numbers, and we [...]
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07, 2020
State of the Economy: Struggling Again
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 28th July 2020 The UK hospitality sector, it was reported today, dropped a massive £30 billion worth of sales during lockdown. Revenue plummeted by 87% [...]
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07, 2020
State of the Economy: Unknown
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday July 21st 2020 I say the state of the economy today is unknown because it felt like the only appropriate word (other than "terrifying" which [...]
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07, 2020
Economics
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07, 2020
State of the Economy: Fragile
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday July 7th 2020 It's back! Our economy has now pretty much re-opened, so how is it going? The short answer is: mixed (again). The re-opening [...]
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06, 2020
State of the Economy: Better
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 23rd June 2020 So, we've got the first week of post-lockdown high street trading under our belt, but how did it go? A mixed bag. [...]
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06, 2020
State of the Economy: Poor
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 9th June 2020 The news doesn't get much better. The coronavirus crisis carries on and on, our economy gets weaker and weaker, and the pinch [...]
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06, 2020
State of the Economy: Gradual
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 2nd June 2020 On the 15th of June, some shops in Britain will re-open, but we're not quite clear yet how this will work. Will [...]
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05, 2020
State of the Economy: Changing
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday May 26th 2020 Former BBC 'Dragon' Theo Paphitis has declared that "retail will never ever be the same again" when economic life begins to stagger [...]
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05, 2020
Debt: The Real Cost
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday May 12th 2020 If you're a book lover, like me, there will be books in your life that fundamentally change the way you view the [...]
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05, 2020
The State of the Economy: Shrinking
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday May 5th 2020 Almost a quarter of the UK's workforce is currently funded by the Government. Figures show that 6.3 million people are now paid [...]
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04, 2020
COVID-19: The Economic Fallout
Anne Marie Waters April 28th 2020 The Government has promised £60,000 to the families of health workers whose relatives die from coronavirus. The measure was announced by Health Secretary [...]
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04, 2020
COVID-19: The Economic Fallout
Anne Marie Waters April 21st 2020 An extraordinary thing has occurred on the world markets; the price of oil has fallen below zero for the first time in history. In [...]
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04, 2020
SUNDAY COLUMN – Why we must ban the buyback of shares
ANNE MARIE WATERS’ SUNDAY COLUMN Why we must ban the buyback of shares Sunday April 12th 2020 Why now? The coronavirus crisis has once again necessitated a government bailout [...]
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04, 2020
Dignity and Comfort – Our Pensions Policy
Anne Marie Waters April 3rd 2020 When a person comes to the end of their working life, they have paid their dues. It's time to relax and enjoy life, [...]
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10, 2019
Global debt fuelled economy, heading for disaster
by a retired fund manager and For Britain member Our economy and indeed, the global economy, is in a far more fragile state than we are being told. There is [...]
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