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James Meadway

James Meadway is an economist.

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Articles

25 February 2025

Trump Trashing the World Order Could Have Its Upsides

10 February 2025

Don’t Be Fooled – There’s Method in Trump’s Economic Madness

31 October 2024

The Budget Is Socialism for the Rich, Austerity for the Poor

28 October 2024

Rachel Reeves Has a Miracle Cure for Britain: ‘Growth’

Artificial Intelligence Isn’t Actually That Amazing

Labour’s Slippery Manifesto Offers No End to Austerity

Labour Will End Neoliberalism. Just Not in a Good Way

Budget 2024: Keir Starmer Just Walked Right Into the Tories’ Trap

19 September 2023

Laugh at Liz Truss, But Tory Radicals Are Playing the Long Game

Bank Bailouts Aren’t the Start of Another Global Crisis. But They Should Still Have Us Worried

31 December 2022

If You Thought 2022 Was Bad for Your Bank Balance, Just Wait for the Sequel

17 November 2022

The Tories Are Too Weak to Make Big Cuts Now, So They’ve Pushed Them Into the Future

31 October 2022

Austerity 2.0 is Another Con Job. Don’t Fall for It

26 September 2022

Rachel Reeves Speech: Labour is Rehashing Corbynite Policies Without Explaining How It Would Pay for Them

8 September 2022

We’ve Won an Energy Bills Freeze. Now Let’s Demand More

Taxes Aren’t Driving Sky-High Fuel Prices, Profiteering Bosses Are

The Next World War Could Be Over the Arctic

Of Course Sunak Says Inflation Can’t Be Fixed. Fixing It Would Mean Taxing Billionaires Like Him

The Tories Expect Massive Public Demands on the Cost of Living Crisis. Why Aren’t We Making Them?

Russia’s War Will Make the Cost of Living Crisis Even Worse

The Tories Want to Increase Military Spending During a Cost of Living Crisis

28 February 2022

Here’s an Easy Fix for the Cost of Living Crisis: Cut Bosses’ Profits

7 February 2022

Three Things the Tories Could Easily Do to Slash Living Costs

14 January 2022

Ikea Isn’t Cutting Unvaccinated Staff’s Sick Pay to Protect Customers – It’s Doing It to Cut Costs

12 January 2022

Ending Vaccine Apartheid Won’t End the Pandemic

12 December 2021

When Will the ‘Great Resignation’ Turn Into the Great Strike?

1 December 2021

Coronavirus Isn’t Going Anywhere

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