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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Is capitalism undermining democracy?
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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What is the stock market myth?
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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Like it or not, the appeal of wealth taxes appears to be very strong
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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Petrol at £2.20 a litre?
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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Why the UK spends £80 billion a year subsidising dead money
Your savings are dead money. That’s the uncomfortable truth about how money works that politicians don’t want you to understand. In this video, I explain
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The national debt lie that makes the rich even richer
The world’s national debt stands at roughly $100 trillion. The US national debt alone is heading for $36 trillion — a third of the global
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Inequality is breaking the economy
We have just published this short video on YouTube and many other channels. This is the transcript: Inequality is undermining our economy. That’s the consequence
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Zack Polanski’s economic direction
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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