The media seem to be highlighting a story from the Office for National Statistics this morning that says that GDP rose by 0.3% in November.
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War, fear of inflation and central bankers in increasing order of threats to our wellbeing
I published this thread on Twitter (X) this morning: War, of some sort, has begun in the Red Sea and Yemen. The UK is involved.
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Video v Podcast
About a year ago, I tried to produce a podcast called The Account, and for all sorts of reasons, it did not really work. To
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The Post Office makes clear that modern capitalism is all about reward without responsibility
For obvious reasons, I had a quick look at the accounts for the Post Office this morning. This is the latest balance sheet: Let me
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Economics, ethics and other stuff
I was on the Independence Live livecast last night – which was a one-hour live interview broadcast on multiple social media platforms. Independence Live is,
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The threat to the UK economy now is not inflation: deflation is the real threat now
The Guardian has reported this morning that: The Bank of England may be forced to bring forward the date of its first interest rate cut
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How can the failure of English water companies be addressed?
The Guardian has an article addressing the above issue today in which they look at alternatives to private ownership if the U.K. water supply and
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The bank loan and money creation story to date, and its consequences
As I often explain about my writing of this blog, much of my motivation for doing so is to work out what I think about
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The lessons to learn from Martin Luther King
This article to mark Martin Luther King Day in the USA, which is on 15 January, was written by an old friend of mine, Ben
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