It was Ed Balls’ best shot, but will Tory scare tactics win the day? | Polly Toynbee | Comment is free | The Guardian

September 25, 2013 By dralfoldman in Austerity, Business Administration, Central Government, David Cameron, Ed Miliband, Fiscal Policy, Growth, People, Politics, Unemployment Tags: Economic policy, Ed Balls, Ed Miliband, Guardian, Labour, Oxford, Polly Toynbee, Tory 2 Comments

Polly Toynbee speaks at the October 2005 Labou...

Polly Toynbee speaks at the October 2005 Labour Party conference (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This is an excellent, MUST READ, article from Polly Toynbee, in the Guardian. Check it out!

It was Ed Balls’ best shot, but will Tory scare tactics win the day? | Polly Toynbee | Comment is free | The Guardian.

I usually find that I do not agree with Polly Toynbee but on this occassion, I think that she has hit the nail on the head.

The Coalition government‘s economic policies are an omni-shambles yet they are always first to wield the stiletto on the last government’s economic record. Incidentally, Simon Wren-Lewis, the Oxford economist, in an independently reviewed paper has proved the Coalition government wrong about Labour’s economic management.

Any thoughts?

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Labour’s OBR Proposal – Simon Wren-Lewis – Mainly Macro

September 25, 2013 By dralfoldman in Austerity, Business Administration, Ed Miliband, Fiscal Policy, Growth, Keynesian, People, Politicians, Politics, Public Sector, Public Services Reform, Reform, UK Tags: Cameron ministry, David Cameron, Economic policy, Labour, OBR, Oxford, Politics, Simon Wren-Lewis 6 Comments

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This is an excellent, MUST READ, article by leading, Oxford economist, Simon Wren-Lewis, writing in his Mainly Macro blog.

via mainly macro: Labour’s OBR Proposal.

Wren-Lewis opens up the myths surrounding both the Labour and current UK coalition government‘s economic policies.

Strengthening the remit of the OBR makes good sense. It would help the electorate to have all manifesto proposed policies independently costed and risk assessed.

For me, there is still enormous risk in the economic policies of David Cameron’s government.

Any thoughts?

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