The FT has an article this morning, of which the headlines are as follows: Are Labour and the Conservatives adopting ‘Heevesian’ economics? _________ The policies
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Where now for politics that matters?
‘Ben’ Couchen succeeded for the Tories, but with the aid of unrepeatable bungs from central government. ‘Andy’ Street failed, if only just, in the West
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What will make politicians notice climate change?
I often wonder when it will be that climate change will create pivot points that have sufficiently deep social and economic consequences that politicians will
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Advertising is designed to make you miserable
I posted this video on YouTube this morning: In case the link does not work for you, it can be found here. The transcript is
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Labour Party? Pull the other one….
It is, of course, May Day. Or Workers Day. And so, the FT reports this morning that: Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour party is set to
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Inflation always goes away
I posted this video on YouTube this morning: In case the link does not work, you can watch the video here. This is the transcript:
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On university protests
Robert Reich wrote this a few days ago. I share it because I think it wholly appropriate to do so, and that his words were
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The Premier League is an oligopolist erecting effective barriers to market entry. What is anyone going to do about it?
As the Guardian notes this morning, this is the current state of the UK’s football premier league: There is, I promise, good economic reason for
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Freedom from fear
I posted this video on YouTube this morning: The transcript is as follows: Freedom from fear is one of the things that every politician should
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