Recent Newspaper OpEds and Blog Postings

'Recession deniers proved wrong,' New Statesman, 24th May 2012
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/economics/2012/05/recession-deniers-proved-wrong

'Osborne must row back from one of the biggest blunders since the war,' New Statesman, 23rd May 2012 http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/politics/2012/05/osborne-must-row-back-one-biggest-blunders-war

'Have the policymakers at the Bank of England gone completely nuts?', The Independent, 21st May 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-have-the-policymakers-at-the-bank-of-england-gone-completely-nuts-7769729.html

'The recession deniers have gone strangely quiet this month', The Independent, May 14th 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-the-recession-deniers-have-gone-strangely-quiet-this-month-7743629.html

'Sir Mervyn King missed the big one despite plenty of wake-up calls' The Independent, May 14th 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-sir-mervyn-king-missed-the-big-one-despite-plenty-of-wakeup-calls-7720781.html

'Is Mervyn King justified in saying that he was powerless to stop the financial crisis', CityAM, 4th May 2012
http://www.cityam.com/forum/mervyn-king-justified-saying-he-was-powerless-stop-the-financial-crisis

'Recession deniers, it's time to face up to the grim reality of UK plc' New Statesman, May 2nd 2012
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/politics/2012/05/recession-deniers-it's-time-face-grim-reality-uk-plc

'The facts aren't going the Coalition's way, so it has resorted to spin', The Independent, 30th April 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-the-facts-arent-going-the-coalitions-way-so-it-has-resorted-to-spin-7689134.html

'Mervyn King is a tyrant, but who will succeed him at the Bank?', New Statesman, 18th April, 2012
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2012/04/mervyn-king-tyrant-who-will-succeed-him-bank

'Slasher Osborne's in deep trouble ­ as new growth gloom is about to show,' The Independent,  16th April, 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-slasher-osbornes-in-deep-trouble--as-new-growth-gloom-is-about-to-show-7646736.html

'After a week of nasty surprises it looks as if the Grinch is back', The Indepedent, April 10th 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-after-a-week-of-nasty-surprises-it-looks-as-if-the-grinch-is-back-7628123.html

'Edward Heath U-turned. Will Osborne be forced to do the same?', New Statesman, 3rd April 2012
http://www.newstatesman.com/economics/2012/04/edward-heath-u-turned-will-osborne-be-forced-do-same

'Sorry, the economic picture is not going to look any better', The Independent, 2nd April 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-sorry-the-economic-picture-is-not-going-to-look-any-better-7606894.html

'Ben Bernanke's history lesson: doing too little is worse than too much'
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-ben-bernankes-history-lesson-doing-too-little-is-worse-than-too-much-7585029.html?origin=internalSearch

'The coalition catches up to the disarray of their economic policies', New Statesman, 25th March 2012
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2012/03/growth-revised-plans

'Better match for the Bank than Dartmouth', The Independent, March 24th 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-better-match-for-the-bank-than-dartmouth-7584054.html

'The OBR's credibility is in tatters', The Independent, 22nd March 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-the-obrs-credibility-is-in-tatters-7580597.html

'This Budget may have been our part-time Chancellor's last chance', New Statesman, 21st March 2012
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2012/03/sector-tax-chancellor-hours

"The Big Society? It's simply cover for a Tory attack on the state", The Independent, 19th March 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-the-big-society-its-simply-cover-for-a-tory-attack-on-the-state-7576949.html

'Osborne should invest in jobs to beat depression, not cut the 50p tax rate',  The Independent, March 12th 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-osborne-should-invest-in-jobs-to-beat-depression--not-cut-the-50p-tax-rate-7561781.html

'The private sector isn't picking up the slack', New Statesman,  March 11th  2012
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2012/03/private-sector-public-jobs

'Forget the Full Monty ­ unemployment isn't funny, Chancellor', The Independent,  5th March 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-forget-the-full-monty--unemployment-isnt-funny-chancellor-7536547.html

'Slashing employment regulation would do nothing to boost growth' The Independent' 27 February 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-slashing-employment-regulation-would-do-nothing-to-boost-growth-7441395.htm

'The Bank of England gets it wrong yet again ', The Independent, 20th February 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-the-bank-of-england-gets-it-wrong-yet-again-7220876.html

'Moody's blues, private-sector grief and another letter from Mervyn' New Statesman, 17th February 2012
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2012/02/inflation-negative-rating-data

"Greece and the return of the economic 'death spiral'"The Guardian, 13th February 2012 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/feb/13/greece-return-economic-death-spiral

'An economic riposte in three parts', New Statesman, 10th February 2012
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2012/02/total-hours-revisions-labour

'"Eat the Data": three words that spell trouble for the coalition', New Statesman,  9th February 2012
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2012/02/recession-coalition-bank

'Laughed out of the Bank of England? You must be joking', New Statesman, 6th February 2012
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2012/02/2010-smith-sector-unemployment

'Jobs in the US, job loss in the UK: a tale of two recoveries', The Guardian, 3rd February 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/feb/03/jobs-us-job-loss-uk-tale-two-recoveries 

'The verdict is in °© the Chancellor's austerity measures have failed',  New Statesman, 3rd February, 2012
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2012/02/osborne-sector-quarter-2010

'Recession looms as the Chancellor lasy waste to growth', The Independent, 26th January, 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/david-blanchflower-recession-looms-as-the-chancellor-lays-waste-to-growth-6294616.html

'Mitt Romney's tax returns refocus US on fairness', The Guardian, 24th January 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/jan/24/mitt-romney-tax-returns

'Romney's vulture capitalism, the Balls backlash and more downgrades', New Statesman, 20th January 2012
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2012/01/france-downgrade-labour-romney

'Don't be fooled by the employment increase,'  New Statesman, 19th January 2012
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/david-blanchflower/2012/01/employment-increase-unemployed

'Happiness on the Eurobarometer',  New Statesman, 19th January 2012
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/david-blanchflower/2012/01/happiness-news-dave

'Why I will be voting for Newt Gingrich', New Statesman, 9th January 2012
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2012/01/obama-vote-republican-gingrich

'How silly does the party that said no to stimulus look now?', The Guardian, 8th January 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/jan/08/how-silly-does-the-party-that-said-no

 'How have those economic predictions for 2011 held up?', New Statesman, 3rd January 2012
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/david-blanchflower/2012/01/recovery-egg-faces-insisted

 'Europe's bad weather is heading America's way,' The Guardian, 16th December 2011.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/dec/16/europes-bad-weather-david-blanchflower

 'Euro's "dark shadow" takes us back to the scary autumn of 2008', Sunday Mirror, 4th December 2011
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/12/04/euro-s-dark-shadow-takes-us-back-to-the-scary-autumn-of-2008-115875-23608325/#ixzz1lN24RX5G

'The ECB must act to stop a eurozone collapse', The Guardian, 3rd December 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/dec/03/ecb-must-act-stop-eurozone-collapse
 
'The destruction of animal spirits,' New Statesman, 30th November 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/12/osborne-growth-economy#reader-comments
 
'The government has no plan for growth', The Guardian, 29th November, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/nov/29/george-osborne-autumn-statement?commentpage=2#start-of-comments
 
'Only the bazooka approach can save the jobless young,' New Statesman, 25th November 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/11/youth-unemployment-young
 
'Why the supercommittee's failure is a success', The Guardian, 22nd November, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/nov/22/supercommittee-failure-success
 
'Six reasons why Cameron is wrong on the economy', New Statesman, 22nd November 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/david-blanchflower/2011/11/nothing-economics-european
 
'Spells of unemployment create permanent scars ', Sunday Mirror, 20th November, 2011
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/11/20/how-do-we-get-a-million-young-people-back-in-work-115875-23576064/
 
'Something happened at the end of August to terrify policymakers', New Statesman, 18th November 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/11/eurozone-bank-government
 
'The growth-deniers' game is up. Just look at the numbers', New Statesman, 11th November 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/david-blanchflower/2011/11/coalition-government-growth
 
'It may be too late to save the UK economy from recession', New Statesman, 9th November 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/david-blanchflower/2011/11/news-recession-late-today
 
'After the crash: the semi-slump we're in', The Guardian, 8th November 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/nov/08/after-crash-semi-slump?INTCMP=SRCH
 
'The writing is on the wall,' New Statesman, 4th November 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/11/george-osborne-business-letter
 
Growth must be the focus as the world economy slows', New Statesman, 2nd November 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/david-blanchflower/2011/11/inflation-growth-mpc-economy
 
'Quack cures won't stop the angry young taking to the streets', New Statesman, 22nd October 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/10/young-unemployment-government
 
'Plan B: Reduce NI contributions', New Statesman, 22nd October, 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/10/plan-credit-growth-help
 
'Rick Perry's flat tax plan falls flat', The Guardian, 25th October, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/oct/25/rick-perry-flat-tax-plan
 
"The GOP debate: economists' verdict", The Guardian, 12th October, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/oct/12/gop-debate-economists-verdict
 
'QE2 is not perfect, but inaction is worse,' The Guardian, 7th October, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/07/qe2-quantitative-easing-mpc
 
'As bank shares tumble, the scale of the financial shock becomes clear', New Statesman, 7th October, 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/10/bank-greece-osborne-belgium
 
'The crisis in the eurozone may bring the U-turn Britain needs', New Statesman, 3rd October, 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/10/plan-crisis-tax-osborne-bank
 
'George Osborne's conference speech: panel verdict', The Guardian, 3rd October, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/03/george-osborne-speech-conservative-party-conference
 
'Vince Cable's conference speech: panel verdict', The Guardian, 19th September 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/sep/19/vince-cable-speech-liberal-democrat-conference
 
'For Obama, it's all about jobs, jobs, jobs', New Statesman, 16th September 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/north-america/2011/09/jobs-president-obama-tax
 
'Here's my plan for kick-starting Britain. MPC -- take note', New Statesman, 9th September 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/09/mpc-bank-plan-england-business
 
'There were few sunny uplands here', The Guardian, 19th September, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/sep/19/vince-cable-speech-liberal-democrat-conference
 
'How Irene, Ben and Christine are blowing all forecasts off course', New Statesman, 2nd September 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/09/growth-fiscal-hurricane
 
'University places: David Blanchflower warns of abandoned generation', Sunday Mirror 21st August, 2011
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/08/21/university-places-david-blanchflower-warns-of-abandoned-generation-115875-23359371/
 
'This could be worse than what followed the fall of Lehman Brothers', New statesman, 11th August 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/08/fall-economic-european
 
'My advice to Vince Cable: "It's time to jump ship"', New Statesman, 28th July 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/08/economic-growth-osborne
 
'Q&A with economics guru David Blanchflower as the world stands on an economic precipice', Sunday Mirror, July 24th 2011
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/07/24/q-a-with-economics-guru-david-blanchflower-as-the-world-stands-on-an-economic-precipice-115875-23292185/
 
'Sanity will prevail in the US but Europe remains gripped by madness', New Statesman, 21 July 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/07/debt-ceiling-obama-greece
 
'The sheep of Europe have voted for slower growth', New Statesman, 14 July 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/07/spain-portugal-banks-osborne
 
'As the jobs continue to go, the crime wave will grow', New Statesman, 08 July 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/07/unemployment-crime-germany
 
'The high street is running on empty', New Statesman, 04 July 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/07/retail-sales-oil-month-high
 
'The dominoes are tumbling. Which European country is next to fall?', New Statesman, 24 June 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/06/greece-greek-measures-european
 
'What Britain could learn from the mistakes of Reaganomics', New Statesman, 02 June 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/06/government-spending-policy
   
'Throw plan A overboard, George, and let Britain recover', New Statesman, 19th May 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/05/growth-forecast-coalition-mpc
 
'Alex Salmond may be cheering, but his cash crisis has only just begun', New statesman, 12th May 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/05/scotland-salmond-scottish-free
 
'No doubt about it, Ben Bernanke saved the world from a depression,' New Statesman, 5th May 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/05/fed-inflation-chairman
 
'The fault lies with George Osborne', The Guardian, April 27th, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/apr/27/george-osborne-fault-growth-disastrous?
 
'It's official -- we're not all in this together', New Statesman, April 20th, 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/04/earnings-unemployment-2010
 
'Sixty-seven years on, the heirs to Keynes return to Bretton Woods', New Statesman,14th April 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/04/world-economics-hampshire
 
'Collapse in consumer confidence signals new recession', Sunday Mirror , 3rd April 2011
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/04/03/david-blanchflower-collapse-in-consumer-confidence-signals-new-recession-115875-23033939/#ixzz1IT2S3f3D
 
'Portugal is cutting its way deeper into crisis. Could Britain follow?', New Statesman, 31st March 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/04/portugal-growth-fiscal
 
'The Budget does nothing to dispel the dark clouds of my prophecy', New Statesman, 24th March 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/03/growth-budget-consumer-idea
 
'This budget is bad for growth', The Guardian, March 23rd, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/23/budget-2011-economists-george-osborne
 
'Bankers watch wind while we sit in dark', Bloomberg/Business Week, March 22, 2011
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-03-22/bankers-watch-wind-while-we-sit-in-dark-david-g-blanchflower.html
 
'Why should we trust Osborne and Cameron? King doesn't seem to,' New Statesman, 10th March 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/03/osborne-coalition-economic
 
'The Christchurch earthquake and the need for flexible thinking' New Statesman, 3rd March 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/03/zealand-growth-melbourne-gold
 
'America's Tea Party of the left is a warning to the coalition', New Statesman, 24th February 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/02/wisconsin-million-public
 
'The scars of a jobless generation', New statesman, 17th February 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/02/youth-unemployment-labour
 
'What David Cameron can learn from the Charge of the Light Brigade', New Statesman, 3rd February, 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/02/cameron-osborne-weather-growth
 
'Britain in crisis. Q &A on the country's failing economy... by the expert who predicted the recession', Sunday Mirror, 30th January, 2011
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/01/30/britain-in-crisis-q-a-on-the-country-s-failing-economy-by-the-expert-who-predicted-the-recession-115875-22884955/
 
'Cable's attempt to claim Keynes is well argued -- but unconvincing', with Lord Robert Skidelsky. New Statesman, 27th January 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/01/cable-greece-keynes
 
'Raising rates is not in our interest', New Statesman, 27th January 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/01/interest-rates-inflation-mpc
 
'What is the best plan for the British economy?', Channel 4 news website, 26th January 2011
http://www.channel4.com/news/what-is-the-best-plan-to-boost-uk-economic-growth
 
'Ed Balls is aggressive, passionate, smart and will challenge Slasher', Sunday Mirror, 22nd January 2011
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/01/22/ed-balls-is-aggressive-passionate-smart-and-will-challenge-slasher-115875-22869037/
 
'Scrapping the EMA and cutting the young adrift', The Guardian, 20th January, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jan/20/ema-deadweight-youth-unemployment-jobs
 
'The land of broken promises; New Statesman, 20th January, 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/01/public-sector-services-data
 
'Keep your hands off our happiness', New Statesman, 13th January 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/01/happiness-satisfied-savings
 
'Let's hope Cameron is for turning', New Statesman, 6th January 2011
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/01/ireland-greece-cameron
 
'The Coalition isn't working for the jobless'. New Statesman, 29th December 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2011/01/unemployment-sector-vacancies
 
'What the US can teach Oxbridge', New Statesman, 15th December 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2010/12/black-students-oxford
 
'Ireland's Medicine Too Harsh for Others', Bloomberg, 9th December 2010
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-10/ireland-s-medicine-too-harsh-for-others-commentary-by-david-blanchflower.html
 
'Don't shoot the messenger, Mervyn', New Statesman, 9th December 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/12/growth-bank-king-england
 
'Too big to fail becomes too big to bail', New Statesman, 2nd December 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/12/obr-forecast-spain-portugal
 
'Mervyn King must go', The Guardian, 1st December, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/dec/01/mervyn-king-bank-of-england
 
'Look out Spain - the luck of the Irish is on its way', New Statesman, 25th November 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/11/ireland-irish-spain-european
 
'Ireland's storm is blowing our way', New Statesman, 18th November 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/11/growth-quarter-ireland-mpc
 
'Inflation could revive Britain's economy', Guardian, 16th November 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/nov/16/house-prices-tumble-austerity-inflation
 
'The misery of Marx's reserve army', New Statesman, 11th November 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/11/unemployment-unemployed
 
'Why even the bosses are at war', New Statesman, 4th November 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/11/pay-singapore-directors-sector
 
'Back to the 1930s', New Statesman, 28th October, 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/11/osborne-money-cuts-britain
 
'Osborne wrote suicide note for British economy', Daily Mirror, 22nd October, 2010
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/10/22/osborne-wrote-suicide-note-for-british-economy-115875-22650266/
 
'We've just jumped off a cliff', New Statesman, 21st October 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2010/10/government-spending-labour
   
'Osborne has taken the coward's route', The Guardian, 18th October, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/oct/18/george-osborne-spending-review
 
'Roll up for the Bullingdon Bros circus of cuts', New Statesman, 14th October 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/10/tory-party-cuts-cameron
 
'A death Sentance for the economy', New Statesman, 7th October 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/10/sentance-policy-growth-easing
 
'Irish troubles do not bode well' New Statesman, 1st October 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/10/ireland-cuts-quarter
 
'Why Sarah Palin is so happy', 23rd September 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/09/wing-religious-happy-state
 
Why Robert Chote gets my vote' Nw Statesman, 16th September 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/09/cuts-budget-growth-england
 
'Trichet's inflation ogre Is pure fiction', Bloomberg, September 13th 2010
http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a88IQt64bQys
  
'Brace yourself for the hurricane', New Statesman, 9th September 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/09/construction-growth-recovery
 
'The choice is yours -- Balls and Bernanke, or Slasher', New Statesman, 1st September 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/09/balls-bernanke-austerity
 
'The gang of four does its worst', New Statesman, 26th August 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/08/places-young-confidence
 
'Why a tax holiday is the only way to go', Daily Express, August 20th 2010
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/194309
 
'Slasher and his pals are talking us into a recession', New Statesman, 19th August 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/08/consumer-confidence-government
 
'Tax cuts are only way to economic growth', Bloomberg, August 18th, 2010
http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=auTjaSPe35Ms
 
'Something horrible may happen again',New Statesman, 12th August 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/08/growing-families-inequality
 
'Verdict: A scary ride on Dave's double dipper', Daily Mirror, 11th August 2010
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/08/11/verdict-a-scary-ride-on-dave-s-double-dipper-115875-22479485/#ixzz0wb2g6zK1 3)
 
'VAT hike first double-dip casualty?', Channel 4 News, 6th August 2010
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/business_money/blanchflower+doubledip+recession+is+likely/3736647
 
'The fear of unemployment spreads', New Statesman, 4th August 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/08/unemployment-clegg-rise-fiscal
 
'Drop in the Baltic Dry signals trouble', New Statesman, 29th July 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/08/growth-2009-economic
 
'Models Miss Risk of Falling Confidence' Bloomberg, July 28th
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-28/models-miss-risk-of-falling-confidence-commentary-by-david-blanchflower.html
 
'For once, I agree with Osborne' New Statesman, 22 July 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/07/committee-consumer-june-index
   
'Why Cameron will soon have to eat his words', New Statesman, 8th July 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/07/private-sector-public-jobs
 
'Chancellor tries to pull a con trick', New Statesman, 1st July 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/07/confidence-government-spending
 
'Job cuts: Slasher Osborne drives us back into recession', The Guardian, 30th June 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/30/public-sector-job-cuts-private-sector-growth1
 
'This Budget kills recovery at birth', New Statesman, 24 June 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/06/public-sector-budget-obr
 
'Dole queue beckons for Britain's young', The Guardian, 20th June 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/20/young-unemployed-george-osborne-cuts
 
'Unemployment hurts more than inflation', Bloomberg, June 15th 2010
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aHU3sPFwC56c
 
'Mad axeman George Osborne is about to push Britain into second depression', Sunday Mirror, June 13th 2010
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/opinion/2010/06/13/mad-axeman-osborne-is-about-to-push-britain-into-second-depression-115875-22329798/
 
'Ambitious for your kid? Start saving for his college', New Statesman, 10th June 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/06/universities-dartmouth
 
With Elias Papaioannou, 'A different financial disease means the UK needs a different treatment', Daily Telegraph, June 8th, 2010 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/7811591/A-different-financial-disease-means-the-UK-needs-a-different-treatment.html#disqus_thread
 
"Spending cuts: 'a dreadful day for British people', ", Channel 4 News, 24 May 2010
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/business_money/spending+cuts+aposa+dreadful+day+for+british+peopleapos/3658102
 
'Slash away . . . but you can't escape', New 21 May 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2010/05/osborne-bank-king-government
 
'U.K. Coalition Will Snap by End of Year', Bloomberg, May 14th 2010
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=aaFP6eZajVKU
 
'We should be grateful to Gordon', New Statesman, May13th 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/05/european-crisis-brown-bank-lib
 
"George Osborne's 'austerity cuts' cost Tories win.. and would cost UK", Sunday Mirror, 9th May 2010
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/05/09/george-osborne-s-austerity-cuts-cost-tories-win-and-would-cost-uk-115875-22244977/
   
'All three leaders failed the exam', New Statesman, 4th May 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/05/spending-cuts-2011-growth-gdp
 
'Hot dates are better than a bigger bonus', Bloomberg, April 23rd 2010
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=aqvCdMXV1Ee0
 
'The Tories' volcano economics', New Statesman, 23rd April 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/04/economic-growth-unemployment
 
Letter to the Times with 76 other economists, 16th April 2010
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/letters/article7098247.ece
 
'Slash and burn', New Statesman, 16th April 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/04/efficiency-savings-times
 
Letter to the Financial Times with Lord Skidelsky, 7th April 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3c89c114-41dd-11df-865a-00144feabdc0.html
 
'Now is a bad time to go on strike', New Statesman, 1st April 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/04/british-airways-strike-workers 
 
'If you care about the future of Britain you must read this...', Daily Mirror, 26th March 2010
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/03/26/if-you-care-about-the-future-of-britain-you-must-read-this-115875-22139702/
 
'Hold tight, Alistair ­ it's going to be a bumpy ride', New Statesman, 25th March 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/03/recession-downgrade-job-low
 
'Cameron disingenuous over budget', Channel4 News, March 24th 2010
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/business_money/cameron+disingenuous+over+budget+says+expert/3588957
 
"Trust me, inflation is not a problem', New Statesman, 19th March 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/03/inflation-rpi-stimulus-cpi
 
"Osborne and Sachs are just trying to spook us", Letter to the Financial Times with Lord Skidelsky and Marcus Miller, March 17th 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/267a5bb0-3164-11df-9741-00144feabdc0.html
 
'The law of unintended consequences', New Statesman, 11th March 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/03/universities-world-cited
 
" 'Madmen, Fools' Would Scuttle a Recovery", Bloomberg, March 9th, 2010
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=anDUUV1Wkop4
 
'Why Slasher Osborne scares me', New Statesman, 4th March 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/03/slasher-growth-economic
 
'Germany should jettison the euro', New Statesman, 25th February 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/03/greece-euro-germany-8364-debt
 
'First priority must be to restore robust growth', a letter from 58 economists - jointly organised wth Lord Skidelsky and
Marcus Miller, Financial Times, 18th February, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/75b2481e-1cb5-11df-8d8e-00144feab49a.html
 
'Making things up as you go along', New Statesman, 17th February 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/02/letter-inflation-economics-mpc
 
"Youth unemployment 'a national crisis'", Channel 4 News, 17th February 2010
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/business_money/youth+unemployment+aposa+national+crisisapos/3546877
 
'The lost Muslim generation', New Statesman, 11th February 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/02/young-muslims-rate-labour
 
'The MPC has lost the plot again . . .', New Statesman, 10th February 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2010/02/inflation-forecast-mpc-rates 
 
'Flipping Tory policies prove a flop', New Statesman, 4th February 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/02/cuts-recession-osborne-gdp
 
'House prices will soon fall again', New Statesman, 28th January 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/02/lower-prices-market-houses
 
'This MPC is not fit for purpose', New Statesman, 19th January 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/01/mpc-inflation-recession-cut
 
'Four signs point to the double dip', New Statesman, 14th January 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/01/rates-december-unemployment
 
'Payback time', New Statesman, 8th January 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/business/2010/01/bankers-bonuses-tax-young
 
'Are bond issues right for universities?' The Times, January 8th, 2010
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/public_sector/article6979931.ece
 
'Hold on tight, it's the double-dip', New Statesman, 7th January 2010
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2010/01/firms-unemployment-recession
 
'Unemployment passes two million', The Observer, Sunday 27 December 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/27/david-blanchflower-unemployment-two-million
 
'The Tories have declared class war', New Statesman, 17 December 2009
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/12/public-sector-spending
 
'Helping the young must be the priority', The Times, December 17, 2009
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article6959650.ece
 
'Jobs Still Trashing U.S. Recovery Party', Bloomberg, 10th December 2009
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aZ3s5gIu9yAA
 
'The cost of falling ill in America', New Statesman, 10 December 2009
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/12/health-care-coverage-americans
 
'Keep the stimulus going, Darling', New Statesman, 3 December 2009
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/12/bank-loans-fell-news-economic
 
'Get our youngsters back to work', New Statesman, 26 November 2009
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/11/youth-unemployment-young-work
 
'Wrong on the way down and up', New Statesman, 19 November 2009
http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/11/mpc-recession-growth-mervyn
 
'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
 
'Miserable Brits? Don't believe it! Happiness surveys can be plain wrong', The Sunday Times, November 8, 2009
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article6907769.ece
 
'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
 
'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