Paul Johnson
@PJTheEconomist
Director IFS. Father of four.
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http://ifs.org.uk 02-03-2015 19:51:44
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This is brilliant from Institute for Fiscal Studies - could easily spend hours on this, but also illustrates the challenge ahead for a future Chancellor.
ifs.org.uk/election-2024/…
Would love to see the legal cases over what would define a bra. 100% with Judith Freedman on this.
Great fun and really useful - Institute for Fiscal Studies have a tool that allows you to pretend to be Chancellor. What is the effect of your choices on public finances? Thanks Helen Miller and team!
The indispensable IFS! Here's their new Be the Chancellor tool, that lets you choose tax and spending priorities. Country would collapse without IFS fact, fact, fact on everything
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V kind review from Nick Hillman starts:
'This is one of the best books I’ve read...It is informed, well-written and even amusing'
'rammed full of both killer facts, and more quirky points that illustrate the wider madness of how we have come to govern ourselves'
Thanks Nick!
🎙 What is government debt? How much of it is there? And how is it different from personal debt?
Professor David Miles Imperial College Business School answers key questions on government debt and its impact on the economy for IFS Zooms In Paul Johnson.
Listen here linktr.ee/ifszoomsin
Again an educational experience for me talking to the brilliant Anand Menon and Hannah White about populism. Again I’m asking all the daft questions and they are patiently explaining.
Well worth a listen.