The State of the Economy? What the Papers Say
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 29th June 2021 The effects of COVID-19 are still disproportionately being felt by the travel industry - one industry that is unlikely to return to [...]
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06, 2021
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06, 2021
The Economy: News Round-Up
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 15th June 2021 Boris Johnson yesterday announced that the so-called "day of freedom" is to be delayed by a month. He insists however that it [...]
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06, 2021
The Tories, Poverty, and Taxation
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 1st June 2021 It's not news that there was a significant shift towards the Conservatives at the recent local elections in England. Much of this [...]
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05, 2021
State of the Economy: Growing
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 11th May 2021 It's been a while since my last look at the state of the economy, and at first glance, it seems to be [...]
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02, 2021
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
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
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
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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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
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
Surveillance Society: The Death of Cash
Anne Marie Waters June 30th 2020 The coronavirus pandemic has brought quite a lot of change to our world, and that's putting it rather mildly. On my livestream last [...]
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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: Re-Opening
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 16th June 2020 Queues wound through organised blocks yesterday as Britain's retailers re-opened, and we got an idea of the changes we'll see on the [...]
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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
The Power of the Multinationals
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday May 19th 2020 Last week, in my economic blog, I discussed debt and with it, the power of banks. Debt has exploded over the last [...]
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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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