I have long suggested that the crypto market is all based on hype and has nothing to do with reality. I have also suggested that
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On birdwatching
This is from The Guardian this weekend, by Natalie Kyriacou. The whole piece is worth reading. Written by someone who obviously is a birdwatcher and
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Economic questions: the Hyman Minsky question
This is one of a series of posts that will ask what the most pertinent question raised by a prominent influencer of political economy might
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The Quantum Essays: The quantum difference between work and speculation
This is another in the Quantum Essays series. Like most of the others, this one arose from discussions between my wife, Jacqueline, and me. This one is,
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Where I still find hope for democracy in the UK
A reader called Ellie Comber wrote this comment on the blog overnight: I admit to being very frightened that democracy will be annihilated and that
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Can the global economy survive another shock?
The Financial Times asked whether the global economy can survive another shock. I think it’s the question of our time. Debt, war and climate change
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Thiel and the Antichrist
As The Guardian has reported, Peter Thiel has been lecturing in San Francisco about the Antichrist, Armageddon and a one-world order. What his Antichrist fixation
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Who will pay to rebuild Gaza?
It seems to me that the time has arrived to ask the question that I am not seeing asked almost anywhere, which is, who will
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The Quantum Essays: Where are the checks on entropy in the UK system now?
This is another in the Quantum Essays series. Like most of the others, this one arose from discussions between my wife, Jacqueline, and me. This one follows
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