Capitalism is not driven by rational homo economicus, but by power, greed and vested interests. Neoclassical economists’ tidy models still shape policy, but other insights
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Summary This is a long post. For those with limited time, I argue that Danny Kruger’s defection to Reform comes with a manifesto for Christian
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As I have already noted this morning, Trump arrives today to promote his fascist regime of racist violence in the UK. At the same time,
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John Harris said this in the Guardian this morning: A decade after Trump opened his first term with that apocalyptic speech about “American carnage”, British
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I have read some political nonsense in my time, and this, from the Guardian this afternoon, reporting on Starmer, takes some beating: Britain will “never
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A day off gives time to think. Yesterday was not exactly a day off. Quite a lot was done, but some thinking took place as
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Thinking is not just a private act – it shapes the world we live in. Right now, powerful voices are framing our politics with paranoia:
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As the FT notes this morning: HM Revenue & Customs has lost hundreds of millions of pounds more than previously estimated to an insolvency practice
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As I noted earlier this morning, Mandelson was bound to be sacked as US Ambassador very shortly. He went sooner than I expected, having just
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