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End the furlough scheme but shift the focus to individuals, and new jobs
Why supporting individuals in the labour market is far better now than paying companies to keep jobs that may not return Read more →
Will digital diplomacy cement the Belt and Road Initiative’s “common destiny”?
As formally measured BRI activity slows down a lot, China has pivoted towards a Digital Silk Road (and Health Silk Road). Irs foreign policy under another name. Will it work? Read more →
Xi’s Dual Circulation Strategy: Can it succeed?
It sounds like a medical condition but 'dual circulation strategy' is China's decoupling strategy..... Read more →
Raising taxes could tip us back into recession
Deficit cutting levels of tax rises would be untimely for the economy and dangerous for our democracy Read more →
Financial repression and inflation loom for the UK economy
Though the economy is in a tentative recovery, rising public debt suggests that we will have recourse to methods of financial repression as well as higher inflation Read more →