News: Austerity should be left until later since it would be a classic policy error to tighten too soon, says David Blanchflower, and we should "beware the fools and madmen" who argue any different. "Fiscal and monetary stimulus should continue at least until half of the loss in growth since the start of the recession has been re-established. Later is better than sooner."

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Austerity should be left until later since it would be a classic policy error to tighten too soon, says David Blanchflower, and we should "beware the fools and madmen" who arg...

News: `Madmen, Fools’ Would Scuttle a Recovery: David G. Blanchflower

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Commentary by David G. Blanchflower March 10 (Bloomberg) -- John Maynard Keynes wrote during the Great Depression that only “fools and madmen” will tell you “the path of...

News: Cuts rhetoric won't boost Labour hopes | Madeleine Bunting

5 days ago - Business: Economics | guardian.co.uk

This is territory long colonised by Thatcherite Tories, and would really draw blood among women and the low-paidA collective delusion seems to have taken grip. Turn a radio on...

News: Cuts rhetoric won't boost Labour hopes | Madeleine Bunting

5 days ago - Latest financial, market & economic news and analysis | guardian.co.uk

This is territory long colonised by Thatcherite Tories, and would really draw blood among women and the low-paidA collective delusion seems to have taken grip. Turn a radio on...

News: Letters: Fools, madmen and economists

21 days ago - Latest financial, market & economic news and analysis | guardian.co.uk

In their letter to the Sunday Times of 14 February, Professor Tim Besley and his colleagues wrote that in "the absence of a credible plan, there is a risk that a loss of confi...

News: Battle lines drawn between economists in advance of election

21 days ago - Business: Economics | guardian.co.uk

Red side argue against reducing deficit too quickly while blues back immediate spending cutsThe battle lines have been drawn. On the red side, the economists are supporting th...

News: Battle lines drawn between economists in advance of election

21 days ago - Latest financial, market & economic news and analysis | guardian.co.uk

Red side argue against reducing deficit too quickly while blues back immediate spending cutsThe battle lines have been drawn. On the red side, the economists are supporting th...

News: Battle lines drawn between economists in advance of election

21 days ago - Latest news and comment from Britain | guardian.co.uk

Red side argue against reducing deficit too quickly while blues back immediate spending cutsThe battle lines have been drawn. On the red side, the economists are supporting th...

News: Brown insists recovery, not cuts, must be the priority

21 days ago - Business: Economics | guardian.co.uk

Prime minister welcomes support from economists published in the Financial Times and condemns Tories' 'dislike, bordering on hatred' of government interventionGordon Brown thi...

News: Brown insists recovery, not cuts, must be the priority

22 days ago - Latest financial, market & economic news and analysis | guardian.co.uk

Prime minister welcomes support from economists published in the Financial Times and condemns Tories' 'dislike, bordering on hatred' of government interventionGordon Brown thi...