I was pleased to read Zach Polanski’s first major economics speech, delivered this morning. You can read it here. There was a great deal to
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Why is it taboo to discuss the future of NATO?
Let me ask a simple question. It is this. What is the point of NATO now? When Donald Trump is lashing out at all his
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The media is failing us
I was amused by this headline in the FT this morning: As they then noted: Soaring oil prices threaten to hit US growth, worsen inflation
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YouTube is changing the rules
For nearly two years, we have produced a video every single day. That has taken its toll, so we are taking a short break next
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Game over: this war was unjustified
Sometimes, someone who is in a position to know says something that appears to be undoubtedly and incontrovertibly true. This is a headline just released
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The Joy of Mac
There are days when the odds appear to be stacked against you. Just after posting this morning’s video, and the post on electricity, I touched
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Economic questioins: the David Ricardo question
This is one of a series of posts that will ask what the most pertinent question raised by a prominent influencer of political economy might have
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Why gas sets the price of electricity, and why the economics behind it makes no sense
The way electricity prices are determined in the UK is widely misunderstood. Many people assume the price reflects the cost of producing electricity from the
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10% of GDP is fiction
Everyone is told that economic growth is the key to prosperity. But what if a significant part of GDP, the number politicians obsess about, is
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