Government spending – are we asking the right questions?
Governments have options on how to spend money and what they get back in return
Read moreDetailsMichael Green grew up in Northern Ireland, graduating with a PhD from Queen’s University Belfast. Now retired, he was a research scientist, first in California, then for the majority of his working life at the Medical Research Council Cell Mutation Unit at the University of Sussex, and finally working part-time at the University of Brighton. From his years as a trustee of the Medical Research Council Pension Scheme he has developed a keen interest in pensions, economics and modern monetary theory.
Governments have options on how to spend money and what they get back in return
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