Recent Newspaper OpEds

'It;s good to go walkabout', New Statesman, 12th november 2009
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/11/economics-world-economists

 

'Cut for the future', The Dartmouth, November 10th 2009
http://thedartmouth.com/2009/11/10/opinion/blanchflower/

 

'Recovery Looks Like 'L' Without Job Growth', Bloomberg, November 9th
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=a.ehWt.VbFrk

 

'Happiness is U-shaped', New Statesman, 5th November 2009
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/11/france-spain-happiness-life

 

'Darling must not put VAT back', New Statesman, 29th October 2009
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/11/recession-output-average

 

'It's time for a few home truths', New Statesman, 22nd October 2009
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/10/house-prices-earnings-wages

 

'Help wanted', Royal Society of Arts Journal, October, 2009
http://www.thersa.org/fellowship/journal/features/features/help-wanted

 

'What's so bad about inflation?' New Statesman, October 15th 2009
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/10/inflation-unemployment-option

 

'Why Britain needs to lower taxes and spend more', Daily Express, October 12th 2009
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/133532/Why-Britain-needs-to-lower-taxes-and-spend-more

 

'Tory spending plans are 'wildly dangerous', Daily Mirror, October 10th 2009
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/10/10/david-blanchflower-tory-spending-plans-are-wildly-dangerous-115875-21736101/

 

'Cameron's dud options. The Tory economic plans have the potential to push Britain's economy into a death spiral of decline',
The Guardian, Friday October 9th, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/09/cameron-osborne-recession-recovery-inflation

 

'The crisis isn't over', New Statesman, October 8th 2009
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/10/employment-labour-jobs-fell

 

'Osborne's figures don't add up', 1 October 2009
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/10/public-sector-plan-england

 

'Creatings jobs is a priority', Sundy Mirror, Sunday 27th September, 2009
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/09/27/creating-jobs-for-the-young-is-a-priority-115875-21703204

 

'Pity the lost generation', New Statesman, 24th September 2009
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/09/public-spending-unemployment

 

'Self-employed running on empty as they chase harder for less cash', Sunday Telegraph, August 22nd 2009

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/6072997/Self-employed-running-on-empty-as-they-chase-harder-for-less-cash.html

 

'This lays bare the human crisis. What a terrible time to be young and jobless', The Guardian, 12th August 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/aug/12/unemployment-data-young-jobless-mandelson

 

'House prices are still falling', Daily Telegraph, 1st August 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/5957481/House-prices-are-still-falling.html

 

'The jobs crisis will get bigger and G20 leaders need to tackle it now', Daily Telegraph, 1st April 2009.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/recession/5087663/The-jobs-crisis-will-get-bigger-and-G20-leaders-need-to-tackle-it-now.html

 

And next for Britain, the semi-slump, The Guardian, Tuesday 14 July 2009

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/14/recession-unemployment-uk-economics-keynes

 

'Welcome to Dartmouth, 13s', forthcoming, The Dartmouth, Summer 2009.

 

'Rising youth unemployment is a national crisis', forthcoming, Reform Journal

 

‘Green shoots? Strictly for the colour-blind’, Daily Telegraph, 17 Jun 2009

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/5561259/Green-shoots-Strictly-for-the-colour-blind.html

 

‘My time at Threadneedle St certainly wasn't boring’, The Guardian, 7 Jun 2009:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/07/bank-england-business-finance

 

‘Budget, plenty of pain to come’, The Guardian, 22 Apr 2009:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/22/budget-unemployment-and-employment-statistics

 

‘Why we all need a Budget for jobs’, Daily Mirror, 17^th April 2009.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/advice/jobs/2009/04/17/why-we-all-need-a-budget-for-jobs-115875-21285277/

 

‘Creating jobs is the best way to beat recession’, Daily Mail, 12th April 2009

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1169503/DANNY-BLANCHFLOWER-Creating-jobs-best-way-beat-recession.html

 

‘Our toughest challenge: unemployment’, The Guardian, 18 Mar 2009:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/mar/18/unemployment-and-employment-statistics-economy

 

‘The time for inaction is over. We have to cut rates, and cut them now’, The Guardian, 24 Sep 2008:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/24/interestrates.bankofenglandgovernor

 

‘High anxiety keeps wage rises lower’, The Guardian, 24 Dec 2007:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/dec/24/bankofenglandgovernor.banking