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asterisk2aBOE QE trap Richard Koo UK Austerity productive investment underinvestment productivity Brexit Steve Keen book RAWerner debt bubble asset alternative WallStreet GDP output gap uncertainty 2018 business consumer confidence fiscal policy NHS monetary Carillion PFI disposable income discretionary spending credit malaise secular stagnation stagflationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:4bfcf968e21f/Homebase owners may close up to 40 stores - BBC News2018-02-05T19:17:54+00:00
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asterisk2aUK Brexit disposable income economy discretionary spending growth wage Productivity High Street Precariat working poor poverty trap social mobility pay rise inflation broke household debt credit card leverage recovery secular stagnation history GFC Austerity underinvestment output gap HighStreet Services Servicehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:815bc67075a4/Trump takes credit for the good economy. Here's what economists say - YouTube2018-01-24T00:09:44+00:00
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asterisk2aDonaldTrump Donald Trump economics tax cut Plutocracy 1% Super Rich taxation evasion avoidance USA IMF Davos GOP Oligarchy income inequality social mobility gini Coefficient Austerity Regulation self-regulation regulators poverty trap growth GDP disposable discretionary spending credit underinvestmenthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:09059a3f8674/UK's low pay culture traps people in poorly paid jobs, study finds | Society | The Guardian2017-10-19T09:27:08+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/oct/19/uks-low-pay-culture-traps-people-in-poorly-paid-jobs-study-finds
asterisk2aOECD poverty trap social income mobility Precariat class UK zero hour contracts part-time Exploitation neoliberalism workers trade union rights skills skill gap Productivity output London economic history recovery GFC underinvestment stagflation secular stagnation Austerity education inequality tax credit taxcredit gini Coefficient standard of living Brexit inflation disposable discretionary spending debt household child profit maximisation competitiveness IMFhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:ae1a1f7cdc93/Young face growing mortgage debt burden - BBC News2017-10-12T18:26:43+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41580087
asterisk2aUK housing crisis bubble mortgage market disposable income discretionary spending debt creditcard credit card Consumer economy Brexit secular stagnation stagflation growth wage Consumerism affordable social Council Austerity Cartel profit maximisation Duopoly underinvestment anti-trust economic history Margaret Thatcherhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:c649e1bb1446/Brooks and Klein on Tom Price’s plane scandal, Trump taking aim at the NFL - YouTube2017-09-30T23:30:05+00:00
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asterisk2aCulture Identity Politics DonaldTrump Donald Trump Brexit AfD history post-racial America Religion Liberalism Liberal LGBT Society Gesellschaft Capitalism Consumer Consumerism consumerist Selbstdarstellung Kulturteilhabe Facebook Newsfeed TV MSM poverty trap squeezed middle class Precariat debt credit card chronic stress self-medication book war refugee migration immigration social income mobility secular stagnation growth disposable discretionary spending GFC bank bailout double standard tax evasion avoidance Career Politicians status quo neoliberal neoliberalism Konsum accountabilityhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:c6f45abe32d5/Falling unemployment is great for the economy? Try telling cleaners like Irene | Stefan Baskerville | Opinion | The Guardian2017-09-15T21:20:07+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/15/healthy-unemployment-figures-mask-hardship-fear-unregulated-jobs-market-irene
asterisk2aUK working poor Precariat Austerity Self-Employment zero hour contract part-time child credit tax insecurity job Productivity underinvestment skill gap disposable income discretionary spending consumer debt household zero-hour on-demand profit maximisation living standard wage growth inflation secular stagnation GFC recovery poverty trap Deprivation mental health chronic stresshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:eeb13dbd94d8/Hillary Clinton's book has a clear message: don't blame me | Thomas Frank | Opinion | The Guardian2017-09-12T16:20:51+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/12/hillary-clintons-book-what-happened-clear-message
asterisk2aThomas Frank book HRC Hillary Clinton HillaryClinton Populism presidential election 2016 Donald Trump DonaldTrump Democrats Dems BernieSanders Bernie Sanders far-right right-wing Capitalism neoliberalism neoliberal Exploitation American Dream post-racial America secular stagnation wage income growth Productivity GFC bailout recovery disposable working poor discretionary spending credit card corruption transparency accountability NAFTA TPP TTIP CETA double standard TBTF Justice System technocrats technocracy Austerityhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:730eaf0c178a/(1805) Keiser Report: #Carmageddon (E1086) - YouTube2017-06-20T17:30:36+00:00
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asterisk2aCarmageddon subprime car loan auto debt consumer discretionary spending disposable income USA household creditcard credit card ZIRP NIRP QE zombie bank recovery Fed bad NPL non-performing healthcare student subsidies studentloan studentdebt bubble babyboomers babyboomer pension obligation scheme secular stagnation GFChttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:d63ad6867cfb/UK pay squeeze breaks all sorts of records for all the wrong reasons | Larry Elliott | Business | The Guardian2017-06-14T16:46:55+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/14/uk-pay-squeeze-recovery
asterisk2aUK Brexit GE2017 Austerity wage income growth inflation living standard disposable discretionary spending creditcard credit card household debt personal loan secular stagnation GFC recovery bank bailout inequality poverty trap tax evasion avoidance taxation capital investment economic historyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:742325a1a663/Yes this really is the end of Tory austerity – because it was never about economics in the first place | The Independent2017-06-14T15:42:46+00:00
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/conservatives-chancellor-george-osborne-ideology-austerity-economics-working-families-a7787776.html
asterisk2aAusterity Brexit GE2017 Confidence Fairy GFC bank bailout welfare state living standard deficit debt government household personal loan credit card creditcard underinvestment inequality economic history social mobility income growth wage disposable discretionary spending gini coefficient tax evasion avoidance taxation corporate taxcut capital labour Productivity output gap recovery secular stagnation infrastructure investment Privatisation Theresa May George Osborne David Cameron Ideology neoliberal neoliberalism ZIRP NIRP QE bond bubble asset reflation housing distortion malinvestment stimulus Tories nasty party Conservative RichardKoo Koo Richardhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:fbeb1358193a/First fall in consumer spending for almost 4 years2017-06-12T04:57:13+00:00
https://www.ft.com/content/62d7fddc-4eb8-11e7-bfb8-997009366969
asterisk2aUK Brexit GE2017 Consumer Confidence creditcard credit card discretionary spending disposable income inflation living standard wage growth recession Economy 2017 secular stagnation deflation deflationary BOE ZIRP QE NIRP Austerity Services materialism Shopping Consumerism consumerist household debt mortgage Manufacturinghttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:9a7a22d1d0d7/Car finance deals soar to new record - BBC News2017-05-14T18:42:45+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39895327
asterisk2aUK consumer debt household borrowing creditcard discretionary spending disposable income Brexit confidence credit card auto loan car lease protection BOE wage growth inflation economy FCA squeezed middle class working poor Precariat bubble automotive industry insolvencyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:920e1306c550/UK households’ savings fall to record low in warning sign for economy | Money | The Guardian2017-04-01T05:35:21+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/mar/31/uk-households-savings-fall-record-low-warning-sign-economy
asterisk2aBrexit disposable income discretionary spending household debt consumer savings rate creditcard credit card UK Confidence wage growth inflation recovery secular stagnation Consumerism BOE ZIRP NIRP QE productivity output gap skills social mobility underinvestmenthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:714589b89a49/What Next tells us about shopkeepers' woes - BBC News2017-03-23T20:49:45+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39367139
asterisk2aBrexit inflation High Street Amazon on-demand Mainstreet HighStreet discretionary spending disposable income wage growth household debt consumer credit card creditcard UK private borrowinghttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:b6465eb1e056/Here's Why A Slowdown In Earnings For The Top 1% Is A Problem For The UK - BuzzFeed News2017-03-10T03:12:21+00:00
https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexspence/cry-me-a-river-kind-of#.gxo497jmvw
asterisk2aUK Budget wage growth Austerity living standard income social mobility productivity output gap Philip Hammond Theresa May George Osborne secular stagnation inflation discretionary disposable credit card creditcard household debt Consumer Consumerism consumerist materialism Brexit London 1% 10% NIC welfare state underinvestment gini Coefficient Tories nasty party Conservativehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:a5aa902b7565/Rethink rates now or face retail disaster, shops tell chancellor | Business | The Guardian2017-03-07T23:00:26+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/mar/07/retailers-business-rates-high-street-inflation-car-sales
asterisk2aBrexit household debt Consumerism Consumer credit card creditcard private discretionary spending disposable income uncertainty UK underinvestment Austerity Tories nasty party Conservative BOE Mark Carney Theresa May Philip Hammond inflationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:b88c29e10a4a/Budget 2017: Hammond to tell us the Brexit vote could have been worse | Business | The Guardian2017-03-05T18:18:39+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/mar/05/budget-2017-philip-hammond-brexit-vote-uk-economy-inflation
asterisk2aUK JAM working poor squeezed middle class Precariat Theresa May Philip Hammond Austerity DWP HMRC inflation wage growth social mobility inequality income Tories Productivity child poverty trap output gap recovery GFC bank bailout nasty party Conservative Generationengerechtigkeit babyboomers Millennials generation rent living standard discretionary spending disposable credit taxation household debt mortgage housing crisis Consumer Consumerism economic history neoliberalism interventionism crony capitalism tax evasion avoidance corporatism Exploitation zero hour contract part-time minimum generational divide Triple Lock Pensionhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:b1ab619ce101/IFS: Growth in UK living standards worst in 60 years | Business | The Guardian2017-03-02T14:21:15+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/mar/02/ifs-growth-uk-living-standards-worst-in-60-years-pensions-poverty-budget
asterisk2aIMF UK Austerity OECD living standard George Osborne David Cameron Philip Hammond Theresa May GFC recovery Tories nasty party bank bailout Labour Ed Miliband Jeremy Corbyn Conservative secular stagnation disposable income discretionary spending household debt credit card mortgage private Consumer Consumerism wage growth inflation mobility inequality gini Coefficient poverty trap working poor gig economy zero hour contract Self-Employment part-time Precariat squeezed middle class technological unemployment ZIRP NIRP QE trickle-down neoliberalism crony Capitalism corporatism tax evasion avoidance GDP Corporate profit maximisation globalisation globalization welfare underinvestment child taxation taxcredit UC DWP JSA social fuel Brexit neoconservatism neoconservatives JAMhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:f5274fcdfe4d/At Over $2.5 Trillion, US Student And Auto Loans Hit New All Time High | Zero Hedge2017-02-08T13:34:09+00:00
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-02-07/over-25-trillion-us-student-and-auto-loans-hit-new-record-high
asterisk2aUSA auto loan car debt Student household consumer credit card disposable income discretionary spendinghttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:82dc0220450e/For Carney, wages are the only true window to the future | Business | The Guardian2017-02-05T21:20:17+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/feb/05/mark-carney-wages-only-true-window-to-future-bank-of-england-economy
asterisk2aBrexit UK economic history credit card consumer household debt London wage growth income Self-Employment gig Economy part-time contractor minimum productivity output gap skills Manufacturing export Consumerism inflation living standard working poor Precariat disposable discretionary spendinghttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:53bdb025ad3e/UK faces return to inequality of Thatcher years, says report | Business | The Guardian2017-02-01T07:03:30+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/31/theresa-may-inequality-margaret-thatcher-resolution-foundation
asterisk2aUK Brexit Austerity tax credit Tories JAM nasty party Conservative poverty fuel working poor Precariat zero hour contract Contractor Self-Employment gig Economy 1099 part-time social mobility income distribution redistribution squeezed middle class technological unemployment underemployed underemployment trap education policy public health inequality Food Bank gini Coefficient Triple Lock Pension JSA ESA DWP minimum wage taxation evasion avoidance HMRC NHS inflation living standard disposable discretionary spending Card consumer debt household underinvestment skills skill-biased Productivity output gap downward upward Theresa May George Osborne David Cameron Philip Hammondhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:34101234c71c/UK inflation: now it's the pound in your pocket being devalued | Business | The Guardian2017-01-31T07:21:52+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/17/uk-inflation-now-its-the-pound-in-your-pocket-being-devalued
asterisk2aUK Brexit living standard disposable income discretionary spending wage growth GDP recovery GFC inflation £ British Pound Precariat working poor squeezed middle class technological unemployment Productivity output gap part-time zero hour contract Contractor Self-Employment gig economy 1099 economic history Austerity tax credit consumer debt household Card BOE bankruptcies bankruptcy underinvestmenthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:630a6c9003ec/Debt: Why more people are pressing the bankruptcy button - BBC News2017-01-21T19:44:54+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38668084
asterisk2aconsumer debt debtoverhang household discretionary spending UK disposable income credit binge card materialism Consumerism consumerist Status Anxiety mental health rat racehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:8b0c4f08fd73/UK credit binge approaching levels not seen since 2008 crash | Business | The Guardian2017-01-04T23:16:12+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/04/uk-credit-cards-borrowing-debt-economic-crash-fears
asterisk2acredit card car loan consumer debt household mortgage Property bubble UK discretionary spending disposable income wage growth inflation BOE payday auto recovery GFC economic history Consumerism materialism Brexit irrational behavior debtoverhang austerity ZIRP NIRP QEhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:79eb4354a952/Rising cost of essentials leaves UK households with less cash for treats | Business | The Guardian2016-12-27T17:44:17+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/dec/27/uk-households-cash-brexit-vote-import-costs
asterisk2aBrexit inflation disposable income discretionary spending UK working poor child tax credit Austerity squeezed middle classhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:30b64b260aa3/Oh for the 1960s! People earned less but could afford more | Money | The Guardian2016-12-11T19:00:04+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/money/blog/2016/dec/10/sixties-pay-people-earned-less-but-could-afford-more
asterisk2aGDP wage growth income distribution economic history profit maximisation capitalism crony oligopoly monopoly Platform Self-Employment Productivity squeezed middle class working poor globalisation Competition liberal reform competitiveness disposable discretionary spending investment creditcard credit GFC recovery Austerity secular stagnation taxation 1% Super Rich Plutocracy 10% 20% bank bailout Privatisation outsourcing offshore banking tax evasion avoidance childhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:1d03d4c4c835/Autumn Statement: Workers' pay growth prospects dreadful, says IFS - BBC News2016-11-24T17:50:37+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38090977
asterisk2aUK living standard disposable income discretionary spending wage growth inequality gini Coefficient GFC recovery inflation Brexit poverty working poor bank bailout productivity tax evasion avoidance austerity output gap Manufacturing SME SMB Mittelstand credit social mobility distributionhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:6110a0e6f3f7/Brexit vote boosts case for inclusive growth | Bruegel2016-07-14T19:45:03+00:00
http://bruegel.org/2016/07/brexit-vote-boosts-case-for-inclusive-growth/#.V4e9Mb1kgB8.twitter
asterisk2aBrexit Protest Vote income distribution Gini coefficient poverty UK child fuel growth wage structural unemployment long-term inequality 1% 10% 20% Super Rich plutocracy recovery squeezed middle class working poor minimum minimumwage mindestlohn Precariat tax credit disposable discretionary spending consumer debt household card economic history USAhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:8dee3a11b432/Technological Unemployment (2013) w Jacque Fresco2016-07-14T03:20:36+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8ZzMGuPtRo
asterisk2atechnological unemployment aggregate demand short-fall disposable income discretionary spending squeezed middle class western world working poor Precariat automation Robotics augmented intelligence self-driving cars autonomous car purchasing power wage growth inequality distribution Gini coefficient 1% 10% 20% winner take all globalisation globalization neoliberal neoliberalism social safety net Universal Basic shareholder capitalism crony in crisis post-capitalism triple-lock pension secular stagnation USA UK European Union Chicago School neoclassical economics Brexit No Representation Career Politicians politician Smart Grid Zero Marginal Cost Jeremy Rifkin book Mobile Creative Creatives Industrial Revolution progress history Soziale Marktwirtschaft Grundeinkommen Paul Mason recovery destruction multinational conglomerate low pay minimum mindestlohn Jerry Kaplan redistribution Support tax credit welfare reform state Elizabeth Warrenhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:a86bec7867d0/IMF urges more spending to boost growth2016-04-18T16:11:24+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/apr/17/imf-urges-spending-boost-growth
asterisk2asecular stagnation Panama Papers tax evasion amnesty avoidance corporate rate labour market job Service Sector Jobs income receipts budget2016 George Osborne David Cameron general election 2015 2020 campaign promises Party Funding Richard Koo Confidence Fairy austerity underinvestment Generationengerechtigkeit triple-lock pension fairness Generation Rent Housing Crisis property bubble USA UK reflation reflate fiscal policy Pact Schuldenbremse Angela Merkel Wolfgang Schäuble GFC sovereign debt banking bank bailout creation squeezed middle class working poor disposable discretionary spending IMF OECD credit China BRIC recovery Germany economic history 2016 Niall Ferguson budget deficit offshore investment TBTF self-regulation Greed crony capitalism shareholder globalisation globalization global economy Oil price commodity prices ChristineLagarde inequality Gini coefficient mobility social low pay child poverty food health care cost demand western world European Union Brussels Brexit Grexit sick population mehttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:d60afc02e8da/What Happens Next (In Europe)?2016-04-16T16:55:07+00:00
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-04-15/what-happens-next-europe
asterisk2aECB Brussels recovery reflate reflation China credit bubble Germany PIGS zombie banks European Bank Supervision Economic Area Election 2014 working poor squeezed middle class Soziale Marktwirtschaft MarioDraghi OMT LTRO monetary policy stimulus Fiscal Pact Schuldenbremse sovereign debt crisis France Brexit Grexit Angela Merkel Wolfgang Schäuble history underinvestment Richard Koo Yanis Varoufakis liquidity trap corporations youth unemployment demographic OAP discretionary spending disposable income liberal reform Precariat precarious employment low pay Minijob Zeitarbeit Leiharbeit 1 Euro Job Structural Impediments imbalance transmission mechanism union Rechtsruck Bundesbank fault lines shareholder capitalism bailout GFC 2016 PBOC Exportweltmeister Financial Stability Board crony Deutsche infrastructure investment competitiveness Beton Gold Betongold asset allocation Super Rich 1% oligarchy plutocracy democracy tax evasion avoidance Wall Street value profit maximisation maximization Russia Crimea Ukraine Uhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:ae64a69db52d/What the Panama Papers Tells Us About Global Capitalism2016-04-09T22:19:45+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptKiUnX6za8
asterisk2aPanama Papers David Cameron George Osborne tax evasion amnesty avoidance Super Rich Toff Privileged Establishment Westminster Whitehall expense scandal No Representation Career Politicians 1% legal loopholes plutocracy oligarchy Tories nasty party Richard Wolff Conservative shell company offshore banking loopoles budget deficit austerity fairness Generationengerechtigkeit neoliberal neoliberalism accounting corporate white-collar crime trickle-down economics free market rate Budget2016 self-regulation underinvestment squeezed middle class working poor Gini coefficient child poverty corruption bribery money laundering UK USA Bahamas CaymanIslands income distribution credit Disabled vulnerable babyboomers triple-lock pension DWP capital gains receipts secular stagnation western world social mobility trust low pay shareholder capitalism crony Service Sector Jobs Universal Basic warfare disposable discretionary spending bubble economic history Gesellschaft Wertegesellschaft materialism consumerism status anxietyhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:f9a14087df7c/British households doing less cleaning, DIY and gardening, says ONS2016-04-07T18:11:45+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/apr/07/home-production-economy-worth-1tn-a-year
asterisk2arecovery disposable income discretionary spending DIY homeownership UK property bubble Housing Crisis Generation Rent squeezed middle class consumer debt household credit card car loan ZIRP NIRP QE mortgage market distortion payment working poor low pay job insecurity privatehttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:fa7036b7a4c8/Waiters And Bartenders Rise To Record, As Manufacturing Workers Drop Most Since 20092016-04-03T12:15:17+00:00
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-04-01/waiters-and-bartenders-rise-record-manufacturing-workers-drop-most-2009
asterisk2aUK USA job creation Manufacturing industrial policy competitiveness competitive Service Sector Jobs minimum wage low pay income productivity gap recovery economic history budget deficit tax receipts IRS HMRC trade current account precarious work Precariat squeezed middle class loss security insecurity working poor Contractor Zero Hour Contract Budget2016 George Osborne STEM skills apprenticeships 2015 2016 China BRIC global economy globalisation globalization outsourcing self-employment free credit social safety net welfare state output participation rate babyboomers western world secular stagnation Support growth disposable discretionary spending household debt consumer card car loan student Generation Rent Generationengerechtigkeit evasion avoidance amnesty crony capitalism shareholder profit maximisation maximization Wall Street value multiplier-effect austerityhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:ed34f319e61b/Discussing the IMF’s research on inequality - an interview with Andrew Berg2016-04-02T07:17:40+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DklcKwaWSwM
asterisk2ainequality Robert Reich Joseph Stiglitz Paul Krugman squeezed middle class working poor CEO pay shareholder capitalism IMF western world Super Rich 1% plutocracy oligarchy discretionary spending disposable income Generation Rent poverty trap meritocracy meritocratic distribution American Dream child Thomas Piketty growth mobility Gini coefficient social redistribution Universal Basic tax credit free evasion amnesty avoidance HMRC Political Governance Career Politicians revolving door Lobbying lobby lobbyist No Representation Niall Ferguson secular stagnation Elizabeth Warren Precariat job insecurity welfare state safety net nominal GDP targeting WHO consumerism materialism status anxiety values self-esteem mental health well being GNPhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:8e6377b41aa8/George Osborne: A profile of the man behind the Budget - BBC Newsnight2016-03-31T14:05:11+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLHXGdtSRrs
asterisk2aBudget2016 George Osborne Career Politicians austerity economic history Tories Conservative Party nasty David Cameron Brexit HS2 minimum wage living budget deficit trade secular stagnation recovery Toff No Representation Privileged Establishment demographic bubble bank bailout Positioning dogma ideology neoliberal neoliberalism spin doctor PR disposable income discretionary spending squeezed middle class consumer debt household credit card Student Loan Generation Rent underinvestment Richard Koo Japan nominal GDP targeting growth of shareholder capitalism crony current account GBP Sterling business confidence global economy fault lines ZIRP NIRP QE BOE Mark Carneyhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:c51e8b42a6ae/Budget 2016 shows Osborne's failure on debt, surplus, GDP2016-03-25T21:32:40+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjyLziYrH3I
asterisk2abudget2015 budget2016 budget2010 general election 2010 2015 PR spin doctor economic history Positioning Richard Koo austerity underinvestment dogma ideology policy folly error George Osborne David Cameron nasty party Iain Duncan Smith corporate tax rate welfare subsidies evasion avoidance Google Inc. shareholder capitalism bank bailout budget deficit Tories Conservative secular stagnation aggregate demand babyboomers ageing population Northern Powerhouse triple-lock pension obligation Generationengerechtigkeit fairness Generation Rent property bubble Service Sector Jobs job creation squeezed middle class working poor precarious work credit wage productivity output gap Gini coefficient income receipts code Zero Hour Contract part-time underemployment underemployed low pay BOE ZIRP NIRP QE consumer debt household card campaign promises car loan student discretionary spending disposable child poverty Food Privatisation Council Public Services Social bed blocking education skills Academy NHShttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:7c1e1edd2adb/German Banks Told To Start Hoarding Cash | Zero Hedge2016-03-04T19:40:55+00:00
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-03-04/revolution-begins-german-banks-told-start-hoarding-cash
asterisk2aRichard Koo aggregate demand austerity fiscal policy Pact Schuldenbremse economic history ZIRP NIRP QE distortion financial repression hunt for yield speculative bubbles speculation Venture Capital Mutual Fund Private Equity reflate reflation recovery GFC debtoverhang liquidity trap zombie banks deleveraging Debt Super Cycle secular stagnation consumer wage squeezed middle class disposable income discretionary spending marginal propensity to consume tax evasion avoidance oligarchy plutocracy Rich 1% household car loan credit card student Bubble generation rent OMT job creation Service Sector Jobs working poor precarious work Precariat Zero Hour Contract Contractor Leiharbeit Zeitarbeit Agenda 2010 low pay TLTRO LTRO monetary transmission mechanism velocity of moneyhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:c7771e102797/Central bankers on the defensive as weird policy becomes even weirder | Business | The Guardian2016-03-01T09:35:52+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/business/economics-blog/2016/feb/21/central-bankers-on-the-defensive-as-weird-policy-becomes-even-weirder
asterisk2amonetary policy G20 fiscal stimulus system transmission mechanism liquidity trap UK western world USA Japan Abenomics George Osborne Angela Merkel Wolfgang Schäuble Pact Schuldenbremse economic history recovery secular stagnation productivity underinvestment MarioDraghi ZIRP NIRP QE ECB BOE Fed Taper deflationary deflation nominal GDP targeting inflation zombie banks MervynKing corporations consumer Richard Koo Gini coefficient inequality squeezed middle class wage discretionary spending distortion property bubble disposable income productive investment austerity business confidence foreign direct debt household credit card car loan student folly error short-termism Career Politicians neoliberalism neoliberal trickle-down economics self-regulation City of London banking retail OECD IMF KennethRogoff hot-money hunt for yield asset allocation speculative bubbles speculation reflate reflation financial repression New Normal trusthttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:146590100563/UK consumes far less than a decade ago – 'peak stuff' or something else? | Business | The Guardian2016-02-29T22:57:32+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/feb/29/uk-consumes-far-less-ons-crops-energy-metals-average-material-consumption
asterisk2apeak stuff secular stagnation demographic bubble zombie consumer materialism status anxiety consumerist choice consumerism sustainability sustainable resource depletion finite resources debt marginal propensity to consume disposable income discretionary spending household car loan credit card student StudentLoans savings rate retirement poverty in old age squeezed middle class wage job creation low pay Zero Hour Contract Contractor self-employment working poor precarious work Precariat capitalism western world COP21 carbon tax carbonfootprint carbonemission sharing economy Service Sector Jobs recyclinghttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:91b630be4563/Brexit referendum could destabilise UK recovery, says IMF | Business | The Guardian2016-02-25T05:37:09+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/feb/24/brexit-referendum-destabilise-uk-economic-recovery-imf-lagarde
asterisk2aBrexit austerity household debt consumer property bubble credit card car loan student IMF OECD job creation Service Sector Jobs trade deficit UK George Osborne David Cameron fiscal policy industrial labour market underinvestment education NHS child poverty Gini coefficient inequality social mobility income recovery 2016 general election 2015 budget campaign promises Manifesto Generationengerechtigkeit fairness trickle-down economics neoliberalism neoliberal Zero Hour Contract part-time minimum wage tax Contractor self-employment low pay Precariat working poor disposable discretionary spending servitude monetary stimulus Pact Schuldenbremse 2020https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:dbfbb4d2d84a/Talia Jane may have deceived us, but her point stands2016-02-24T21:41:35+00:00
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/281791/talia-jane-yelp-privilege/
asterisk2aPrecariat working poor San Francisco Silicon Valley Yelp! customer service low pay income distribution tax credit housing benefit commuting minimum wage living discretionary spending Wall Street shareholder value profit maximisation disposable Millennials career ladder Sector Jobs job creation financial literacy advicehttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:be406b944ec4/How do we move beyond the “austerity” debates? - YouTube2016-02-21T00:34:36+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-JuDKoaG-g
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http://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/this-letting-agent-admits-the-housing-shortage-is-good-news#.uiKow5Qx0y
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http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches/on-demand/62774-001
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http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/15/full-time-work-is-no-bar-to-poverty-in-uk-report-says
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http://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2016/feb/10/market-turmoil-australia-japan-ftse-deutsche-bank-dow-live?page=with:block-56bb3695e4b0cc23201724ec#block-56bb3695e4b0cc23201724ec
asterisk2aQE inequality reflate reflation distortion recovery job creation Service Sector Jobs UK USA fiscal policy monetary stimulus unconventional Fed BOE bank bailout zombie banks consumer corporations ZIRP NIRP TARP TLTRO LTRO ECB equity bubble asset property Housing Crisis Help to Buy Scheme Save Right income Gini coefficient social mobility budget deficit austerity George Osborne distribution poverty trap tax credit low pay squeezed middle class Precariat Zero Hour Contract Contractor part-time Tories nasty party homeless homelessness affordable Conservative Toff Privileged Establishment Funding discretionary spending disposable household debt card student loan servitude economic historyhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:a141b05f69cf/What's holding back the world economy? | Business | The Guardian2016-02-09T20:10:48+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/feb/08/whats-holding-back-world-economy-joseph-e-stiglitz
asterisk2aJoseph Stiglitz secular stagnation reflate reflation austerity QE ZIRP NIRP TARP TLTRO LTRO zombie banks corporations consumer Richard Koo debt household car loan credit card Student Bubble disposable income discretionary spending squeezed middle class Precariat low pay wage growth USA UK Europe western world mortgage market NPL servitude underinvestment productive investment infrastructure economic history policy folly error corporate welfare tax evasion avoidance Gini coefficient distribution social mobility poverty trap inequality recovery job creation Service Sector Jobs distortion financial repression speculative bubbles hunt for yield asset equity VIX volatility Help to Buy Scheme monetary liquidity fiscal debtoverhang deleveraging balance sheet recession confidence business productivity output gap aggregate demand redistribution repo transmission mechanism system GFC banking crisis retail hot-money Frontier Markets emerging BRIC rent-seeking rentier carbon damagehttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:c1d7d1bbf12a/UK trade deficit widens further as exports suffer | Business | The Guardian2016-02-09T19:36:50+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/feb/09/uk-trade-deficit-widens-further-imports-exports
asterisk2aUK trade deficit current account budget tax reciepts 2015 2016 recovery secular stagnation underinvestment business investment austerity economic history global economy emerging market Frontier Markets BRIC foreign direct productive infrastructure Richard Koo consumer debt household credit card car loan Student Bubble servitude discretionary spending government disposable income generation rent ZIRP NIRP QE liquidity trap zombie corporations distortion financial repression speculative bubbles hunt for yield fiscal policy monetary BOE property Housing Crisis George Osborne competitiveness productivity output gap job creation Service Sector Jobs corporate rate welfare subsidies subsidizing immigration migration Super Cyclehttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:b5d1cf048937/'Panic situation': Asian stocks tumble amid fears of new global recession | Business | The Guardian2016-02-09T18:53:29+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/feb/09/panic-situation-as-asian-stocks-tumble-amid-fears-of-new-global-recession
asterisk2aglobal economy 2016 secular stagnation austerity monetary policy fiscal Taper ZIRP QE NIRP liquidity trap western world credit bubble China BRIC Oil price emerging middle class squeezed household debt consumer debtoverhang deleveraging balance sheet recession Richard Koo USA UK Europe economic history card car loan servitude disposable income discretionary spending reflate reflation VIX volatility speculative bubbles property distortion asset allocation equity hunt for yield IMF OECD Frontier Markets market bond Fed BOE ECB Abenomics BOJhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:6587c0483b07/As growth falters, Osborne hopes Mark Carney can keep a lid on interest rates | Business | The Guardian2016-02-07T10:50:05+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/feb/07/uk-gdp-falters-chancellor-keep-interest-rates-low-mark-carney
asterisk2aGeorge Osborne secular stagnation 2016 2015 Mark Carney BOE consumer debt household mortgage market subprime credit card zombie UK GDP output gap productivity job creation Service Sector Jobs recovery economic history austerity underinvestment business investment public fiscal policy monetary Richard Koo Paul Krugman David Cameron nasty party Conservative Tories short-termism bubble debtoverhang servitude disposable income discretionary spending marginal propensity to consume Funding 1% financial repression New Normal constituency babyboomers oligarchy Gini coefficient distribution inequality plutocracy Super Rich tax evasion avoidance corporate welfare subsidies subsidizing growth low pay wage precarious work Precariat free rate minimum budget2015 Food Bank foreign direct productive infrastructure demographic western world USA European Union ageing population CapEx Capital Expenditure corporations bankshttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:6d4bf762f385/More Evidence Supporting the House of Debt | House of Debt2016-02-07T04:06:08+00:00
http://houseofdebt.org/2014/08/08/more-evidence-supporting-the-house-of-debt.html
asterisk2asecular stagnation consumer debt mortgage market household USA UK recovery GFC credit card servitude debtoverhang Richard Koo student loan Super Cycle monetisation monetization private fiscal policy monetary book marginal propensity to consume consumerist consumerism zombie discretionary spending disposable income negative equity job creation precarious work Precariat low pay Service Sector Jobs job-creation squeezed middle class Elizabeth Warren distribution inequality Gini coefficient mobility social American Dream post-racial America Joseph Stiglitz Thomas Piketty Paul Krugman part-time Zero Hour Contract Contractor growth economic history Rich 1% austerity oligarchy plutocracy stimulus budget deficit corporate welfare tax avoidance evasion rate subsidies subsidizing state safety net western world trickle-down economics neoliberalism neoliberal Chicago School bubble liquidity trap balance sheet recession deleveraginghttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:06c25199c96d/Nasty Gal Layoffs Hit 10 Percent of Staff | Re/code2016-02-06T03:00:13+00:00
http://recode.net/2016/02/04/online-fashion-retailer-nasty-gal-cuts-10-percent-of-staff/
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35069521
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35483230
asterisk2aautomotive autoindustry secular stagnation emerging middle class squeezed economic history discretionary spending disposable income Abgas-Affäre VW lobbyist lobby Lobbying carbon tax COP21 public transportation car loan credit card debt household consumer western world market BRIChttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:d8895243a6ca/Amid market turmoil and confusion, there are four key economic trends shaping society2016-02-03T03:46:29+00:00
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/economy/2016/02/amid-market-turmoil-and-confusion-there-are-four-key-economic-trends
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-35395876
asterisk2a> It argued that nearly a million new jobs had been created in cities since 2010 - but that the average salary had also dropped by £1,300 per resident. 'High-wage, low-welfare' << [...] The think tank said the two areas' ability to attract high-skilled jobs - in the oil and professional services industries for example - was the key to their success. It argued that cities with high wages had seen faster jobs growth, with employment rising by 10% since 2010, compared with 3% in low-wage cities. [...] [ Housing Crisis across the country thus ] increased housing benefit payments.]]>job creation recovery Service Sector Jobs UK austerity minimum wage living George Osborne neoliberalism neoliberal Manufacturing macroeconomic policy microeconomic low pay income tax credit child working free progressive code distribution disposable discretionary spending inequality growth secular stagnation globalization globalisation borderless flat world economic history nasty party Tories Conservative trickle-down economics squeezed middle class precarious work Precariat redistribution welfare state social safety net David Cameron budget2015 budget2010 Public Services added value Housing Crisis affordablehttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:0b7ccb626c4b/This Is What Janet Yellen Thinks Is The "Worst-Case Scenario" For The U.S. | Zero Hedge2016-01-17T14:52:22+00:00
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-01-15/what-janet-yellen-thought-worst-case-scenario-us
asterisk2aJanet Yellen Japan secular stagnation deflationary deflation debtoverhang debt servitude consumer household credit card squeezed middle class working poor Precariat precarious work Zero Hour Contract part-time disposable income discretionary spending economic history Abenomics equity bubble bail-in speculative bubbles distortion ZIRP NIRP QEhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:e2d5331a9860/The Great Unraveling Looms - Blame The 'Austrians'? | Zero Hedge2016-01-17T13:47:34+00:00
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-01-16/great-unraveling-looms-blame-austrians
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http://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/jan/16/further-education-colleges-cuts-sean-bean-ainsley-harriott
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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-01-14/markets-crash-when-theyre-oversold
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http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/wolfgang-muenchau-ueber-die-stimmung-der-maerkte-kolumne-a-1072145.html
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http://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/jan/13/plan-to-end-student-grants-without-commons-vote-outrages-opposition
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http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jan/09/housing-crisis-tenants-shelter-private-rent
asterisk2aUK Housing Crisis affordable social poverty trap disposable income discretionary spending precarious work Precariat Zero Hour Contract working poor low minimum wage Gini coefficient austerity David Cameron George Osborne underinvestment unemployment long-term youth structural job creation Service Sector Jobs tax credit child free Privatisation Council inequality post code lottery health commuting safety net DWP Iain Duncan Smith bedroomhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:4e7a9aced915/Student nurses and midwives protest over grants cut - BBC News2016-01-09T19:32:00+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35263402
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http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/china-boersenabsturz-als-symptom-des-kontrollverlusts-a-1070427.html
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-35011142
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