You can read all 237 pages of the UK Government pre-budget report if you really want to, but to save time, cut to the chase o page 198. This tells us what the Government earns, spend and the difference between the two, and explains the headlines we have been reading. The biggest one shows UK Government [...]
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Fiscal scriscal, fiddle-dee dee, Europe's suddenly OK with me
November 21, 2008 – 6:17 pm
Before spreadsheets enabled geeks to assume they could manipulate the economic weather, we knew that if we spent too much, we’d run out of money. If we ran out of things to sell or do in return for more money, we’d be in trouble. If we borrowed money at unrealistic interest rates, we’d be in [...]