Tag: United Kingdom national debt

Tag Archives: United Kingdom national debt

18Apr/23

Debt dangers in Africa: how defaults hurt people, and why forgiveness isn’t the answer

April 18, 2023EconomyAngola, Austerity, Cabo Verde, Caroline Southey, Creative Commons, Debt, Debt of developing countries, Debt relief, Economy, Egypt, Eritrea, Finance, Fiscal policy, Ghana, Ghanaian Cedi, Government debt, International Monetary Fund, Malawi, Money, Namibia, Philippe Burger, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, United Kingdom national debt, United States, Zambia, Zambian Kwacha (Rebased Jan 2013), Zimbabweadmin

Philippe Burger, University of the Free State

Public debt repayments in some African countries are at their highest levels since 1998. The Conversation Africa’s founding editor Caroline Southey talks to dean and economics professor Philippe Burger about the danger of debt problems some African countries face.

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24Sep/22

Mini budget: will Kwasi Kwarteng’s plan deliver growth?

September 24, 2022EconomyCreative Commons, Deficit reduction in the United States, Economic growth, Economy, Economy of the United Kingdom, Government, Kwasi Kwarteng, Presidency of Barack Obama, Reaganomics, Steve Schifferes, Tax, THE BANK OF ENGLAND, United Kingdom, United Kingdom national debtadmin

Steve Schifferes, City, University of London

The UK economy has been dogged by slow growth for a long time. Combined with even slower growth in productivity, it has meant virtually no increase in living standards for the average family over the past decade.

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