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“Fed Up with Politicians?”
[An article from Free Life] Such was the title of a political leaflet received through my door last week. Readers familiar with my work on this blog…
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Duncan Whitmore
Economic Myths #15 – Unemployment
One of the key indicators of the economic “performance” of any given country is its rate of unemployment. Low rates of unemployment are understood as a…
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Duncan Whitmore
Economic Myths #14 - Share the Wealth
Clement Attlee is, with little doubt, one of the more notable of Britain’s former Prime Ministers. Apart from the long lasting effects of his legacy he…
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Duncan Whitmore
Economic Myths #13 - Wealth Inequality and "The 1%"
[First published on Free Life] The inequality of wealth and income is a frequent bone of contention in the mainstream media. According to The Guardian…
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Duncan Whitmore
March 2023
Economic Myths #12 - The Deflation Danger
[First published on Free Life.] Politicians and mainstream economists are persistent in their warning of the so-called “deflation danger” – the idea…
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Duncan Whitmore
Economic Myths #11 - The Mixed Economy
[First published on Free Life] The world’s political systems today are, generally, neither fully despotic on the one hand nor completely free on the…
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Duncan Whitmore
Economic Myths #10: Taxes Benefit "Us"
[First published on Free Life] Whenever there is the appearance of some headline berating large corporations for arranging their affairs so as to pay as…
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Duncan Whitmore
Economic Myths #9 - Social Safety Nets
[First published on Free Life] It is often trumpeted as a virtue that “civilised”, social democratic countries offer their citizens one or more types of…
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Duncan Whitmore
February 2023
Economic Myths #8 – Capitalism is Exploitative
[First published on Free Life] The myth that capitalism is exploitative – or rather, that capitalists and entrepreneurs are responsible for the…
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Duncan Whitmore
Economic Myths #7 - Government Means Harmony
[First published on Free Life] One of the aspects of capitalism and the free market that the typical lay person finds difficult to comprehend is the…
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Duncan Whitmore
Economic Myths #6 - Price Stability
[First published on Free Life] One of the mandates that our economic lords and masters have arrogated for themselves is that of maintaining so-called…
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Duncan Whitmore
Economic Myths #5 - Banking is Capitalist
[First published on Free Life] By both mainstream economists and the general public the cycle of “boom and bust” is believed to be a tendency inherent…
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Duncan Whitmore
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