Why is infrastructure crumbling, care failing, and democracy under strain? In this video, I explain two concepts that quietly shape everything around us and help
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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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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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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 part of my work on capital, which in turn contributes to my thinking on the politics of care, and how it must be defined, I
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As regular readers here will know, I referred to the idea of a “politics of care” quite a lot during 2025, and I have no
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Zack Polanski issued a Christmas message yesterday that demanded the country solve the problem of small boats crossing the English Channel. As he pointed out,
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Every economy runs on light. That is not a metaphor – it is physics. Without light, there is no life. Without life, there is no
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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 been,
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