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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The economy runs on light
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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Economic questions: the Schrödinger 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 been,
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What we need for Christmas
As Christmas approaches, many people ask what they want. But there is a more important question we should be asking: what did we need –
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Post-financialisation
On 15 December, I published a video under the title What will happen if economic growth has come to an end?. In turn, this explored
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Polanski, Meadway and a bit of Murphy
Zack Polanski published a new edition of his podcast last night, in which he is in conversation with James Meadway, about whom I have written
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Economic questions: the William Nordhaus 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 been,
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What will happen if economic growth has come to an end?
For 50 years, Western politics has rested on a single promise: growth. But what if that promise can no longer be kept? In this video,
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Why did Britain stop making?
For forty years we were told that Britain didn’t need manufacturing — finance would make us rich. That experiment has failed. We import more than
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