As we move into 2026, a striking contradiction is becoming impossible to ignore. People over 55 now account for around half of global consumer spending,
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As The Guardian noted last night: The richest 500 individuals in the world added a record $2.2tn to their wealth in 2025, according to the Bloomberg
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I watched Oppenheimer last night, not for the first time. And not for the first time, this exchange stood out: Niels Bohr: Algebra’s like sheet
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Markets are not natural, spontaneous or free. They are legal, institutional and political creations of the state. Without law, money, regulation, wages, accounting standards and
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Having posted a flurry of new glossary entries on the blog yesterday afternoon, I accepted an invitation from Jacqueline and James to join them on
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