Author Archives: Tony Dolphin

December’s economic update

Tony Dolphin is the chief economist at the IPPR and a regular contributor to The Guardian and New Statesman. During the autumn statement last month, George Osborne claimed that the UK economy was slowly on the mend; however, the latest data indicates the opposite may be true, despite the economic expansion in the third quarter (Q3) of 2012. It is looking [...]

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Happy New Year! And here’s the coalition outlook for 2013: grim with no plan for growth

IPPR’s Tony Dolphin offers his outlook for 2013 and damns the lack of vision on the part of the coalition’s economic plan for the year ahead.

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Osborne needs a new fiscal rule

Ahead of Wednesday’s autumn statement, IPPR chief economist Tony Dolphin argues now is the time for chancellor George Osborne to change his fiscal rules.

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We’re out of recession – but it’s too early to pop the champagne corks

The UK is out of the double-dip recession, which is good news – but it’s far too early to for the government to think we’re out of the woods.

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The chancellor should not increase benefits by less than today’s inflation figure

Not increasing benefits by 2.2 per cent in April next year would be wrong and more evidence we are most definitely not all in it together, writes Tony Dolphin.

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Latest borrowing data offer only a small crumb of comfort for the chancellor

Tony Dolphin examines the small amount of comfort which George Osborne can take from the recent borrowing figures.

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It’s a complex economy, stupid

The following is an edited version of a chapter from IPPR’s forthcoming book, “Complex New World: Translating new economic thinking into public policy”.

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Economic update – July 2012: GDP predicted to fall again

The latest monthly data suggest there will be a further fall in real GDP in the second quarter of this year

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Economic update – June 2012: The economy – and the government’s policies – going nowhere

The government’s rejection of stimulus measures to promote growth has left the British economy static, with declining growth and increasing inflation.

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Unravelling the Centre for Policy Studies voodoo economics bigging up small government

IPPR’s Tony Dolphin takes apart today’s Centre for Policy Studies report claiming lower taxes lead to higher economic growth.

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