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Tomas Hirst

Tomas Hirst is a financial journalist who writes about macroeconomics, investment, and Russia. He lives in London and launched the online magazine, Pieria.co.uk.

Why house prices are a problem for the government, not central banks

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LESSONS ON INEQUALITY

Greg Mankiw needs to update his econ textbook for the 21st century

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Why high prices, not low wages, are central to understanding Britain’s productivity puzzle

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Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne

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Tomas Hirst

Why house prices are a problem for the government, not central banks

Greg Mankiw needs to update his econ textbook for the 21st century

Why high prices, not low wages, are central to understanding Britain’s productivity puzzle

You can blame Reinhart and Rogoff for Fitch’s UK downgrade, too

Mark Carney won’t be able to save Britain from itself

Even Margaret Thatcher couldn’t have fixed the mess that the UK economy is in