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The National Debt

Oliver Kamm - journalist, language columnist and former City man - dismantles a brilliant metaphor: the idea that national economics are similar to household economics. How useful is it, when we're thinking about the contemporary global economic situation?

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Thu 22 Mar 2018 09:45

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  • Thu 22 Mar 2018 09:45

Word of Mouth

Series exploring the world of words and the ways in which we use them

#MeToo, Post-fact and the stories behind three other well-known phrases

Exploring the origins and meanings of well-known phrases from the national conversation.