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Beware rightwing economic myths such as ‘maxing out the nation’s credit card’ | Letters

Beware rightwing economic myths such as ‘maxing out the nation’s credit card’ | Letters

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Readers respond to an article in which Larry Elliott argues that Andy Burnham must challenge neoliberal nostrumsLarry Elliott’s column on the rightwing economic myths constraining Andy Burnham’s government should be required reading before John Healey’s…

John Maynard Keynes: the cultured economist who governments turn to in a crisis

John Maynard Keynes: the cultured economist who governments turn to in a crisis

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A new play about the art-loving Bloomsbury Group member speaks of the enduring battle of ideas with his free-market rival Friedrich HayekThe sound of guns from the advancing German armies could be heard clearly by John Maynard Keynes as his train…

Rightwing economic myths could derail Burnham’s project – to destroy them, look to Keynes | Larry Elliott

Rightwing economic myths could derail Burnham’s project – to destroy them, look to Keynes | Larry Elliott

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Borrowing can be good, there is no such thing as the ‘nation’s credit card’, and, yes, you can buck the markets – as previous governments have shownAndy Burnham does a nice line in nostalgia. His first party conference speech as prime minister was full…