birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/spri… #UKbudget #Austerity #JeremyHunt

With Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivering his last #Budget before the #GeneralElection, Dr Huw Macartney explores the politics of the announcement. ➡️ birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/spri…

‘It is a mood,’ Johnna Montgomerie, a professor at the University of British Columbia who studies debt and inequality, has written. ‘A depression, a chronic case of financial melancholia.’” Dr Johnna Montgomerie newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…

Can confirm that this is a brilliant and thought-provoking book. Delighted to have it in the ‘Building Progressive Alternatives’ series at Agenda Publishing Out next week.

Inflation forecasting = "nine parts art, one part science". I couldn't agree more ft.com/content/475e1f…

First copies have just arrived ☺️ but my loyal writing companion looks unmoved, at least so far

Oops! "A Citi trader in May 2022 intended to sell a basket of shares with a value of $58mn but entered details that created a basket valued at $444bn." ft.com/content/87303d…

'There is nothing “bold” or “ambitious” about the Conservative or Labour election promises nor any mention of measures to address the worst social issue of our time: economic inequality.' Dr Huw Macartney outlines what's needed to address economic inequality: blog.bham.ac.uk/socialsciences…

this is excellent: theguardian.com/politics/ng-in…

"I hope to be proved wrong. But right now it looks as though the shadow of austerity policies adopted in error 14 years ago will continue to darken Britain’s prospects for many years to come" (Paul Krugman)

Lots of good pointers here about the risks of using social media as a substitute for relaxation ft.com/content/85bf12…

Our journal article on BlackRock and the asset management industry was published today tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @fpape_

How private equity convinced Labour to go easy on its multimillion pound tax perk theguardian.com/business/2024/…

When even the Bundesbank chief starts calling for a softer debt brake to boost investment, you know we're entering a different geological era! Bundesbank chief calls for softer debt brake to ramp up investment ft.com/content/702d21… via Financial Times

what could possibly go wrong (again)? "An increasing number of banks have begun using synthetic risk transfers (SRTs) to manage credit risk and lower capital requirements. Through this banks can effectively reduce regulatory capital charges" ft.com/content/d91d35…

This is wrong. Yes, economies change. But politics has EVERYTHING to do with the concentration of wealth in the hands of a select few: "To be clear: these shifts are organic rather than by design." ft.com/content/b325af…

short think-piece I wrote on Trump and a crypto "arms race" theconversation.com/trumps-plan-fo…

Chris Clarke and I just published this journal article on banking reform in the UK. Feeling very grateful. This one started before Covid and "life happened" in the midst of writing it. Feels rather special finally seeing it in press journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10…

wait...what?? independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…

meeting with the publisher Alison Howson. Now to finish writing the book...