Thomas Piketty called it the most important formula in economics: it’s R > G , which means that the rate of return on capital (R)
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Rachel Reeves stood at a Downing Street podium this morning and panicked. Three weeks before her budget, she admitted what many already feared, that she’s
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I just posted this on Twitter: I can offer no other interpretation for this unprecedented pre-Budget speech at such an unusual time of the day.
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I have been responsible for administering an estate for the last 20 months. This was not the choice of the person whose estate I am
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There is much discussion in the media today about Rachel Reeves and tax rises. Rumour has it that Reeves has decided that cuts to public
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I was intrigued by the answers to the polls posted with yesterday’s video on whether the UK can survive. As is our usual practice, we
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What if we designed society before we knew who we’d be in it? Philosopher John Rawls asked that question in A Theory of Justice, and
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A reader on this blog recently asked a question that goes to the heart of how our economy now works. It was simple: who are
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The Financial Times has reported this morning that senior figures in the City are now complaining that the minimum wage is rising so close to
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