I was shocked and dismayed by what President Trump had to say on the subject of autism yesterday. As the Guardian reported: The Trump administration unveiled highly
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The politics of hate
In a strange way, I was pleased to note a moment of truthful comment by Donald Trump over the weekend. What he said, during his
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The last thing this country needs is an expansion of Gatwick Airport
As the Guardian reports this morning: Gatwick Airport’s £2.2bn second runway plan has been given the go-ahead by the transport secretary, Heidi Alexander. With the
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The Quantum essays: Economics, the Big Bang and Rachel Reeves
Background Having finished the first series that I plan to publish on quantum economics (others are planned), it became clear that explaining the use of this
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The church, state and fascism
As the New York Times reported after yesterday’s funeral of Charlie Kirk: The belief that Mr. Kirk is a modern-day Christian martyr was infused throughout
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What else are markets ignoring?
John Boxall, who is a regular commentator on this blog, asked yesterday in response to my video on the risk of bank collapse as a
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How country-by-country reporting exposed tax havens
Something called country-by-country reporting, which I created, changed the tax world forever. It forced multinationals to reveal how much profit they were shifting into tax
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Starmer will not be recognising Palestine today: recognition has to come without conditions attached
As the Guardian notes this morning: The UK is expected to recognise a Palestinian state on Sunday after Israel failed to meet the conditions set out by
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Of bucket lists and other things
This morning is the first at home for just over a week. That’s because we were in Pembrokeshire last week. That means that the 42
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