I posted a video about power, responsibility and the abuse of both in the context of the demand that Andrew Windsor be stripped of all
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What is the UK’s real debt crisis?
There’s a real debt crisis in Britain – but it’s not the one the politicians or journalists are talking about. While Rachel Reeves and the
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Prince Andrew: still too privileged?
What does Prince Andrew have to do with political economy? Quite a lot. In this video I explain how royal privilege reveals the deeper structures
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English A-level? For migrants? Why?
The government now wants migrants to speak English at A-level standard. But what does that really mean? In this video, I argue that this policy
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What I mean by political economy
A comment on this blog, posted this morning, made me realise that when I talk about political economy, which is a phrase that recurs throughout my
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Solution-foscused thinking
I spent a lot of time thinking over the weekend. There were moments for leisure, birdwatching, a family meal and film, and for working out
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Blurring boundaries
Tommy Robinson, the British far-right agitator whose proper name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, visited Israel at the invitation of Amichai Chikli, the Israeli Minister for Diaspora
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The Chinese have worked it out: stablecoins are the privatisation of money
The FT reports this morning that: Chinese tech giants have paused plans to issue stablecoins in Hong Kong, after Beijing raised concerns about the rise
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Why do I still do this at 67?
People keep asking why I still make these videos every day at the age of 67. The truth is simple: our economy is still deeply
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