David Blanchflower
Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, Economics Editor of the New Statesman, and former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee
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There has been no good news for Britain’s army of underemployed workers
28 July 2013 04:06 PM
The underemployment rate rose more quickly than the unemployment rate in Q1 2013
David Blanchflower: Hold off on the bunting – 0.6 per cent growth does not a recovery make
25 July 2013 07:49 PM
Osborne is surely putting more pressure on Mark Carney to do more QE and soon
The Bank of England should beware: forward guidance without policy action is useless
21 July 2013 01:05 PM
Full employment in the UK is a long way off and the labour market is weakening again
Bernanke is right to dash the expectation that ‘tapering’ is going to happen any time soon
14 July 2013 02:00 PM
The US economy isn't out of the woods yet, as a look at the labour market shows
Osborne’s assertion that high debt slows growth has been wrong from the start
07 July 2013 03:49 PM
The volatility caused by discussing withdrawing monetary stimulus has made it more likely for it to be increased in the UK
These GDP figures show the Bank of England didn’t know what it was doing
30 June 2013 05:16 PM
A monkey throwing darts at a dartboard could hardly have done worse
Increasing deficit cuts right through the Chancellor’s spin on Britain’s economy
23 June 2013 05:39 PM
Our downgraded Chancellor claimed the economy is growing, which is a bit rich
This rockonomics world in which we live is unfair and ultimately bad for growth
16 June 2013 04:10 PM
The top 5 per cent of artists take home almost 90 per cent of all concert revenues
If he wants to turn around the Bank of England supertanker, Mark Carney has a major task ahead
09 June 2013 02:37 PM
Given that monetary policy decisions take around two years to have any effect on the real economy, expectations are unreasonably high for the new govenor
David Blanchflower: Foresight should not be elusive when the future is staring you in the face
05 June 2013 12:00 AM
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