This article summarises a selection of commentaries on monetary financing, which is the central bank creating money on which interest is not paid. It sets out the pros and cons of the monetary financing approach, and discusses proposals for mitigating some of the risks involved. It also considers arguments that the Bank of England’s existing policy of quantitative easing (QE) is a form of monetary financing.
Catch up on social policy articles you may have missed in June 2020, including an article on young people and the internet.
Catch up on Brexit articles you may have missed in June 2020, including an article on the impact of coronavirus on Brexit.
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Catch up on science articles you may have missed from June 2020. This month we look at the issue of structural racism in healthcare, and the development of nuclear fusion.
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Catch up on articles on world affairs you may have missed in June 2020, including on the impact of coronavirus on Africa's informal workers and on the relationship between Venezuela and Iran.
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Catch up on articles about the constitution, government and parliament you may have missed from May and June 2020. Including articles on the development of virtual parliaments during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Catch up on economics articles you may have missed from May 2020, including on opportunities for reform of the UK tax system and how key workers should be rewarded after coronavirus.
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Catch up on brexit articles you may have missed in May 2020, including the impact coronavirus might have on Brexit negotiations and the possibility of a trade deal between the UK and Switzerland.
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Catch up on international affairs articles you may have missed in May 2020, including Germany's approach to tackling coronavirus and plans to reopen the US economy.
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Catch up on science articles you may have missed from April and May 2020. Articles this month include a look at the psychology of lockdown, and 200 years of Florence Nightingale.
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Catch up on articles you may have missed on the constitution, government and parliament from May 2020. Articles this month take a closer look at Covid-19 and human rights legislation.
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These articles consider the effect of coronavirus, first, on the UK economy; and second, on global poverty. On the UK economy it summarises two commentaries that attempt to draw lessons from the earlier pandemics, but reach different conclusions. On global poverty, it reports two estimates of the implications of the pandemic for developing countries and for the UN sustainable development goal to eliminate extreme poverty.
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Catch up on science articles you may have missed from March and April 2020. Articles this month look at the science behind measures to contain Covid-19.
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Catch-up on international affairs articles you may have missed from April 2020, including what impact coronavirus might have on Gaza.
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Catch up on articles you may have missed about the constitution, government and parliament from April 2020. Articles this month look at types of governance, and the virtual running of parliament in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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