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Vince Gomez

@vincegomez.com
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Writing on monetary systems, public finance, and why the gap between official economic narratives and lived reality keeps growing. Tracking where political choices get dressed up as natural constraints. 🌐 vincegomez.com

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Vince Gomez @vincegomez.com · 04/09/2026
“Take economic planning away from the Treasury. They know nothing about it.” Aneurin Bevan, 1951. Seventy-five years later, this has aged remarkably well.
Image: A longer quotation from Aneurin Bevan’s resignation speech, 23 April 1951. Bevan criticises Treasury economic planning, saying officials mistake moving “pieces of paper” for moving people, describes it as “whistle-blowing” planning, and complains that there are too many economists advising the Treasury, with “the added misfortune of having an economist in the Chancellor of the Exchequer himself.”
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Vince Gomez @vincegomez.com · 14/04/2026
This is who actually holds the UK national debt. The 'burden on future generations' is held by pension funds, overseas investors, and the Bank of England itself. Households hold 0.1% directly — though NS&I adds another £240bn not shown here.
Who owns the national debt
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Vince Gomez @vincegomez.com · 07/04/2026
3/14 The 2022 Truss episode is held up as proof bond markets hold a veto over democracy. Look at this chart of UK and US 10yr government bond yields since 2000. Without the annotation, finding the Truss spike takes some effort.
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