The FT has just published this headline: As stupid headlines go, that one does take some beating. The whole reason why the S&P 500 has
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Why are the Tories obsessed with inheritance tax?
There is something quite extraordinary about the Conservative Party apparently deciding that cutting inheritance tax should be a centrepiece of its attempt to recover its
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Will an AI bubble burst be the time when MMT rolls out?
A story in the FT this morning suggests that the insurance industry is preparing for potentially multimillion-dollar claims arising from AI agents acting beyond their
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Badenoch’s Right Way is wrong
Kemi Badenoch has set out her vision for a new Conservatism in ‘The Right Way’. Its central argument is that government should do less while
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It’s time to nationalise our web infrastructure
As the Telegraph reports this morning: BT has rescued TalkTalk from administration in a £400m deal that raises competition concerns. The FTSE 100 telecoms giant
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Reshaping thinking
The event that we held in Ely on Saturday was, I think, a success. My team assured me they felt this way, and I have
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What’s wrong with The Right Way?
Kemi Badenoch’s The Right Way, published yesterday to mark the start of the otherwise neatly irrelevant Tory party conference, matters because it is not really
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Tax does not pay for government spending. So what is it for?
What is tax really for? Most people assume that governments need to collect tax before they can spend. But for a government like that of
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Solution focussed campaigning
Our event in Ely yesterday was, I think, a great success. We addressed solution-focused campaigning, which is also the topic of today’s podcast with John
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