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Emeritus Prof Christopher May

@sjwrenlewis on blistering form this morning:

'The whole current system, where dangerously crumbling concrete is kept in place because fixing it would require some borrowing, is predicated on a kind of deficit fetishism that treats reducing government borrowing as more important than almost anything else, including teaching children'!

Its sensible & prudent to invest in social .

If you read one thing today, make it this!

mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2023/

mainlymacro.blogspot.comThe next time someone says the government cannot borrow to invest, just mention RAAC  Kids not being able to go to their normal school because those schools are crumbling away is as good an example as any of the impact of 13...