Obsession with debt reduction has been disastrous and arguments against a borrow-to-invest approach no longer pass muster
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Larry Elliot: Attacks on McDonnell a sign Tories know stance on borrowing is defunct
Climate Crisis
CNN: Portugal’s power production goes coal-free long before deadline
Portugal has gone entirely coal-free, 9 years ahead of the country’s initial deadline to phase out coal, the planet’s most polluting fossil fuel. Read here Wikimedia Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 Internationa
EU politics
Politico: Bulgarian investigative journalist murdered
Three investigative journalists have been murdered in EU nations this year. This is not what democracy looks like. Read here
Economics
Ashoka Mody: The IMF keeps making the same mistakes with its economic forecasts
IMF’s ‘Groundhog Day’ thinking means it is still too upbeat about global growth Read here
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