The UK has some of the highest electricity prices in Europe — and it’s not because energy is scarce. In this video, I explain how
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The fight to reclaim decency
I noted these paragraphs in the latest Substack by the author who writes as Aurelien, whose identity I know but will not share. H has
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Calm leadership is now required and it in short supply
I recorded the video that we published this morning on the war in Iran a couple of days ago. Even then, I felt the outlook
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They miscalculated: we’ll pay
Every now and again, I walk into the studio that we used to make our YouTube videos with Thomas and suggest that I just sit
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Zack Polanski’s economic direction
I was pleased to read Zach Polanski’s first major economics speech, delivered this morning. You can read it here. There was a great deal to
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The media is failing us
I was amused by this headline in the FT this morning: As they then noted: Soaring oil prices threaten to hit US growth, worsen inflation
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Economic questions: the David Ricardo 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 have
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Why gas sets the price of electricity, and why the economics behind it makes no sense
The way electricity prices are determined in the UK is widely misunderstood. Many people assume the price reflects the cost of producing electricity from the
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10% of GDP is fiction
Everyone is told that economic growth is the key to prosperity. But what if a significant part of GDP, the number politicians obsess about, is
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