Recent Newspaper OpEds and Blog Postings

"This rockonomics world in which we live is unfair and ultimately bad for growth" The Independent, 16th June 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/this-rockonomics-world-in-which-we-live-is-unfair-and--ultimately-bad-for-growth-8660788.html

"If he wants to turn around the Bank of England supertanker, Mark Carney has a major task ahead",  The Independent, 9th June 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/if-he-wants-to-turn-around-the-bank-of-england-supertanker-mark-carney-has-a-major-task-ahead-8651024.html

"Foresight should not be elusive when the future is staring you in the face", The Independent, 5th June 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-foresight-should-not-be-elusive-when-the-future-is-staring-you-in-the-face-8644769.html

"The Swedish shock wave is a lesson. We could have unrest here without action on jobs", The Independent, June 2nd 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/the-swedish-shock-wave-is-a-lesson-we-could-have-unrest-here-without-action-on-jobs-8641237.html

"I nearly fell over laughing when I heard Mervyn King say there’s a recovery in sight", New Statesman, 29th May 2013
http://www.newstatesman.com/economics/economics/2013/05/i-nearly-fell-over-laughing-when-i-heard-mervyn-king-say-theres-recover

"No wonder George Osborne didn’t stick around to hear the IMF’s verdict on his policies", The Independent, 27th May 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/no-wonder-george-osborne-didnt-stick-around-to-hear-the-imfs-verdict-on-his-policies-8632741.html

'Austerity’s foundations have crumbled – and advocates have blood on their hands', The Independent, 19th May 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/austeritys-foundations-have-crumbled--and-advocates-have-blood-on-their-hands-8622573.html

"Be warned George Osborne: more home owners just really means higher unemployment", The Independent, 12th May 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/be-warned-george-osborne-more-home-owners-just-really-means-higher-unemployment-8612758.html

"The GDP growth is good news on the economy, but let's not get carried away" The Independent, 28th April 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/the-gdp-growth-is-good-news-on-the-economy-but-lets-not-get-carried-away-8591459.html

'Osborne should choose his guides more carefully' The Independent, April 21st, 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/osborne-should-choose-his-guides-more-carefully-8581711.html

"Worrying truth is the labour market may be slowing", The Independent, 14th April 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/worrying-truth-is-the-labour-market-may-be-slowing-8572451.html

"Japan has finally joined the quantitative easing party - and better late than never", The Independent, 7th April 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/japan-has-finally-joined-the-quantitative-easing-party--and-better-late-than-never-8563280.html

"George Osborne called us deficit deniers, but we were right. His economic era is over", The Independent, 4th April 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/george-osborne-called-us-deficit-deniers-but-we-were-right-his-economic-era-is-over-8558380.html

"Forget inflation – what hurts the most is unemployment", The Independent, 2nd April 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/forget-inflation--what-hurts-the-most-is-unemployment-8556261.html

"Osborne isn't going to get the growth he needs", The Independent, 24th March 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/osborne-isnt-going-to-get-the-growth-he-needs-8546395.html

"This Budget was Osborne's last hurrah – and now he can only hope for the good times", New Statesman, March 20th, 2013
http://www.newstatesman.com/economics/economics/2013/03/budget-was-osbornes-last-hurrah-%E2%80%93-and-now-he-can-only-hope-good-times

"Get building homes to kickstart construction industry", Daily Mirror, 20th March 2013
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/budget-2013-experts-reveals-plan-1773914

"Budget 2013; Five voices from left and right on how to fix Britain", The Guardian, March 18th 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/mar/18/budget-2013-how-to-fix-britain

"Liam Fox is the last person Osborne should heed", The Independent, March 17th 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/liam-fox-is-the-last-person-osborne-should-heed-8537906.html

With Adam Posen,"The Prime Minister's speech on the economy asserted the incredible in defence of the indefensible", The Independent, March 10th 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/the-prime-minister-speech-on-the-economy-asserted-the-incredible-in-defence-of-the-indefensible-8528082.html?origin=internalSearch

"Chancellor plays a losing game, but Ed’s dead right", The Independent, 3rd March 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/chancellor-plays-a-losing-game-but-eds-dead-right-8518370.html

"Decoding the unemployment figures exposes the truth behind the coalition's spin", New Statesman, 28th February, 2013
http://www.newstatesman.com/economics/employment/2013/02/decoding-unemployment-figures-exposes-truth-behind-coalitions-spin

"This is an AAA disaster created by George Osborne", The Independent, 24th February 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/this-is-an-aaa-disaster-created-by-george-osborne-8508699.html

"George Osborne said judge him by AAA rating benchmark - so the Chancellor must resign", Sunday Mirror , 24th February 2103
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/george-osborne-said-judge-him-1728407

"Sorry savers: More easing is still needed to support UK recovery", City AM, 21st February 2013
http://www.cityam.com/article/sorry-savers-more-easing-still-needed-support-uk-recovery

"MPC's downgrade shows it is too early to raise rates", The Independent, 17th February 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/mpcs-downgrade-shows-it-is-too-early-to-raise-rates-8498532.html?origin=internalSearch

"Here's a way to end our slump: give away money", The Independent, 3rd february 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/heres-a-way-to-end-our-slump-give-away-money-8478902.html 

"George Osborne is destined to be remembered as the most inept Chancellor in British history", The Independent, 27th January, 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/george-osborne-is-destined-to-be-remembered-as-the-most-inept-chancellor-in-british-history-8468778.html

"George Osborne has ruined our economy and he's got to go", The Mirror, 26th January, 2013
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/david-blanchflower-george-osborne-has-ruined-1556720?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

"Given the state of Britain's economy, Capable (Mark) Carney needs to work miracles", The Independent, 20th January 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/given-the-state-of-britains-economy-capable-mark-carney-needs-to-work-miracles-8459087.html

"The jobless are lazy? That's just a vile lie", The Independent, 13th January, 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/the-jobless-are-lazy-thats-just-a-vile-lie-8449871.html

"The US sneezes and the UK still gets a cold" The Independent, 6th January, 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/the-us-sneezes-and-the-uk-still-gets-a-cold-8440144.html

"The myth of over-paid public workers", The Independent, 17th December 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/the-myth-of-overpaid-public-sector-workers-8422463.htm

"The Bullingdon Chancellor: why George Osborne is a very uncivil, as well as useless, Chancellor", The Independent, 9th December, 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/the-bullingdon-chancellor-why-george-osborne-is-a-very-uncivil-as-well-as-useless-chancellor-8397333.html

"Where inept Osborne got it so wrong: Top economist's damning verdict on Autumn Statement", Daily Mirror, 6th December 2012
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/david-blanchflower-on-autumn-statement-george-1475410

"The part-time Chancellor with his head in the sand: why Osborne should be held to account for slashing public spending and talking down the economy", The Independent, 5th December 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/the-parttime-chancellor-with-his-head-in-the-sand-why-osborne-should-be-held-to-account-for-slashing-public-spending-and-talking-down-the-economy-8386849.html

"Ideology rules the Coalition's jobs policies", The Independent, 3rd December 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-ideology-rules-the-coalitions-jobs-policies-8374461.html

'On Mark Carney, Osborne’s got it right . . . for once' New Statesman, 20th November, 2012
http://www.newstatesman.com/economics/economics/2012/11/mark-carney-osborne%E2%80%99s-got-it-right-once

"David Cameron's economic gibberish", The Independent, 26th November, 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-david-camerons-economic-gibberish-8349196.html

"'Worst policy mistake for a century': Chancellor's reckless austerity has had terrible consequences for ordinary people", Daily Mirror, 22nd November 2012
http://www.mirror.co.uk/money/city-news/prof-david-blanchflower-chancellor-george-1449893

"Even big business has bailed out on Osborne", New Statesman, 22nd November 2012
http://www.newstatesman.com/economics/economics/2012/11/even-big-business-has-bailed-out-osborne

'Why isn't the Bank more transparent?", The Independent, 19th November, 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-why-isnt-the-bank-more-transparent-8327264.html

"Obama's win shows the numbers always count", The Independent, 12th November, 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-obamas-win-shows-the-numbers-always-count-8305139.html

"Tyrant King held the Bank in thrall - but they got it all wrong", The Independent, 5th November, 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-tyrant-king-held-the-bank-in-thrall--but--they-all-got-it-wrong-8281312.html

"Cameron's employment claims don't stand up", The Independent, 29th October, 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-camerons-employment-claims-just-dont-add-up-8229950.html

"Here's why unemployment has fallen and why it will rise again soon", New Statesman, 24th October 2012
http://www.newstatesman.com/economics/economics/2012/10/here%E2%80%99s-why-unemployment-has-fallen-and-why-it-will-rise-again-soon

"Surprise, surprise, we're less happy under the coalition", The Independent, 22nd October, 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-surprise-surprise-were-less-happy-under-the-coalition-8220003.html

"Job creation?  The numbers don't add up",  The Independent, 15th October, 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-job-creation-the-numbers-dont-add-up-8211004.html

'Facts lost in political wrangling over US jobs,' The Independent, 8th October, 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-facts-lost-in-political-wrangling-over-us-jobs-8201368.html

'My advice to Ed Balls: don’t follow Slasher’s lead and promise the earth,' New Statesman, 4th October, 2012
http://www.newstatesman.com/economics/gdp/2012/10/my-advice-ed-balls-dont-follow-slashers-lead-and-promise-earth

'I suspect that the list of those who want to do it is going to be very short,' The Independent, 4th October, 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-i-suspect-that-the-list-of-those-who-want-to-do-it-is-going-to-be-very-short-8198347.html

'Bank needs governor with experience of how markets work.' The Independent, 1st October, 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-bank-needs-governor-with-experience-of-how-markets-work-8191543.html

'Poor are written off by Romney and Osborne,' The Independent, 24th September 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-poor-are-written-off-by-romney-and-osborne-8166769.html

'Unravelling puzzle of jobless 'fall' that isn't,' The Independent, 17th September 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-unravelling-puzzle-of-jobless-fall-that-isnt-8143350.html

'Yet more dubious promises from the Republican fantasist brigade' New Statesman, 12th September 2012
http://www.newstatesman.com/economics/economics/2012/09/yet-more-dubious-promises-republican-fantasist-brigade

'Why George Osborne's support has drained away,' The Independent, September 10th, 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/why-george-osbornes-support-has-drained-away-8120857.html

'UK must follow Salmond on economy', with Professors Jim Mirrlees, Andrew Hughes-Hallett and Drew Scott calling for further fiscal stimulus in the UK Friday 7 September 2012
http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/opinion/letters/uk-must-follow-salmond-on-economy-1-2511397

'Paul Ryan's plan... Make Mitt Romney richer', The Independent, 3rd September, 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-paul-ryans-plan-make-mitt-romney-richer-8101522.html

'Hawks are wrong - QE works and we need it', The Independent, 28th August, 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-hawks-are-wrong--qe-works-and-we-need-it-8082489.html

'Who is left defending George Osborne?' New Statesman, 24nd August 2012
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/staggers/2012/08/who-left-defending-george-osborne

"Perhaps Iain Duncan Smith will accuse me of peeing on the data', New Statesman, 22nd August 2012
http://www.newstatesman.com/economics/economics/2012/08/perhaps-iain-duncan-smith-will-accuse-me-peeing-data

"Osborne's 'consensus' has come crashing down"
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-osbornes-consensus-has-come-crashing-down-8061613.html

'Recession deniers should shut up as down we continue to go', New Statesman,August 8th 2012
http://www.newstatesman.com/economics/economics/2012/08/recession-deniers-should-shut-down-we-continue-go

'The MPC didn't have a clue and still doesn't,' The Independent, 13th August 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-the-mpc-didnt-have-a-clue-and-still-doesnt-8037040.html

'How bad must it get before Slasher Osborne is sacked?', The Independent, 6th August 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-how-bad-must-it-get-before-slasher-osborne-is-sacked-8009056.html

'Let's call up Vince to get us out of this mess', The Independent, 30th July 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-lets-call-up-vince-to-get-us-out-of-this-mess-7986192.html?origin=internalSearch 

'Today's GDP figures are the final nail in the coffin of Osborne's credibility', New Statesman, 25th July, 2012
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/todays-gdp-figures-are-final-nail-coffin-osbornes-credibility

'Has Treasury realized at last it's time to act?', The Independent, 23rd July 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-has-treasury-realised-at-last-its-time-to-act-7965178.html?origin=internalSearch

'Our fragile economy still has further to fall', The Independent, 16th July 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-our-fragile-economy-still-has-further-to-fall-7945499.html?origin=internalSearch

'What took central banks so long to do more stimulus?', The Independent, 9th July 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-what-took-central-banks-so-long-to-do-more-stimulus-7923581.html?origin=internalSearch

'Yet more nails in Osborne's economic coffin,' The Independent, 2nd July 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-yet-more-nails--in-osbornes--economic-coffin-7902990.html?origin=internalSearch

'Wages slide shows Bank must act strongly and quickly', The Independent, 25th June 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-wages-slide-shows-bank-must-act-strongly-and-quickly-7879797.html?origin=internalSearch

'The new lending schemes are good but not enough,' The Independent, 18th June, 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-the-new-lending-schemes-are-good-but-not-enough-7857388.html

'George Osborne's bank loan scheme is too little too late,' Sunday Mirror, 17th June 2012
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/david-blanchflower-george-osbornes-bank-887517

'With central banks so passive, there's plenty of reasons to be bearish', The Independent, 11th June 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-with-central-banks-so-passive-theres-plenty-of-reasons-to-be-bearish-7834949.html

'How much worse do things have to get before we get action?,' The Independent, 28th May 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-blanchflower/david-blanchflower-how-much-worse-do-things-have-to-get-before-we-get-action-7792722.html

'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




 

 
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