Summary I began a discussion yesterday about what this year’s Budget should consider. I stressed that security issues would be key, but that national security can
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The new inequality: affording to find a job
I had a conversation yesterday about the career plans of a young woman of my acquaintance. In her early 20s, she is fortunate to have
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The economics of attention
In this podcast, I talk with my old friend and Tax Justice Network co-founder John Christensen about something economics rarely discusses, which is who controls
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The economy is going to get really bad. We need a plan. And John Healey is Chancellor.
Heather Cox Richardson, in her Letter from an AMerican on Substack, which I recommend subscribing to, said over night: According to the American Automobile Association,
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RNLI Hunstanton
I said I would visit an RNLI station yesterday. Having worked a full day last Sunday, I felt like a day off, so we went
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Accountability?
I appreciated that there was discussion on the BBC – and other channels – yesterday about the possibility that our supposed Head of State might
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Understanding economics: What is work?
Who really creates wealth in our economy? Is it the people who own businesses, property and financial assets, or the people who actually do the
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The RNLI: people of courage and commitment to their neighbours, whoever they might be
The Guardian reported yesterday that: A lifeboat station on the south coast of England near the spot where far-right activists tried to stop asylum seekers
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Will the Bank of England crash the economy?
The Bank of England has held interest rates at 3.75%, but three members of its Monetary Policy Committee wanted an immediate increase. With inflation rising
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