As every reader must know now, the United States has used military force against Venezuela, following years of escalating sanctions, diplomatic pressure, and explicit threats
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You’re not crazy
As the Christmas break ends and reality intrudes, many people feel deeply uncomfortable with the world around them. The news feels alien. Politics feels broken.
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Venezuela, war, and Trump
The USA is at war with Venezuela this morning. It is bombing Caracas. There are reports that the Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been abducted
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By the light of the morning moon
Going short
As I mentioned in a video earlier this week, one of our plans for this year is to expand our output on short-form video platforms.
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AI on the scale now envisaged will create a recession on a scale hard to imagine
Project Syndicate published an article by Simon Johnson and Piero Novelli about a month ago in which they discussed AI. This is a recurring theme of mine
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Trump: the greatest threat in 2026
2026 opens in a world more fragile than at any point since 1945. This video explains why — and why the risk is not personality,
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Will the Bank of England base rate tumble in 2026?
This comes from The Telegraph this morning: The Bank of England will slash interest rates to their lowest level in more than three years as
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Will AI create a new digital divide and drag the economy down?
The FT noted this yesterday: Consumers should prepare for price increases this year, of as much as 20 per cent for smartphones, computers and home
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