You might have formed the impression that Paul Johnson, former director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, knows what he's talking about. The media treats him like the voice of God. But here he is - and not for the first time - talking out of his hat. Let's break it down in a short thread. 🧵

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Preaching about competition and markets in the 21st century is the direct equivalent of preaching about hellfire, heresy and sin in the 14th.

Neoliberalism has become a religious cult.