Scott Newton
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1956historian.bsky.social
Scott Newton
@1956historian.bsky.social
Old fashioned Democratic Socialist.
Emeritus Professor of History, Cardiff University.

Most recent book:
The Reinvention of Britain 1960-2016. A Political and Economic History (London: Routledge 2018).

Contributor to Lobster Magazine since 1990
Spot on. As Maynard Keynes said in 1942, 'Anything we can actually DO, we can afford' (from a 1942 BBC broadcast entitled 'How Much Does Finance Matter?').
November 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM