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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What is next for the world? I think we may already know the answer — and it is deeply troubling. In this video, I argue
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619–1683), the Comptroller-General of Finances under Louis XIV of France, is widely credited with saying: “The art of taxation consists in so plucking
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The UK pension system is built on a false idea: that savings and financial assets can guarantee security in old age. In this video, I
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I note this chart of the oil price over the last year.  It comes from the invaluable Trading Economics website. It is correct to Last
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In this podcast, I discuss with John Christensen how capitalism and democracy have come apart, and why this was not an accident. Together, we explore
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Just about everything you have been told about stock markets and the UK economy is wrong. Politicians talk nonsense about stock markets. Financial advisors repeat
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I am aware that we post a lot of polls on this blog these days, although I readily admit most are on our videos and
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Bloomberg is predicting oil could hit $200 a barrel, a price the world has never seen before. If that happens, the UK faces a full-blown
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