Background Having finished the first series that I plan to publish on quantum economics (others are planned), it became clear that explaining the use of this
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Abandoning fiscal rules is the price of preserving democracy
Guardian journalist Helen Pidd, asked, after attending the far-right rally in London at the weekend, a simple but wholly appropriate question: When the far right
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The big questions for the Bank of England today
There are two big questions for the Bank of England when they announce their decisions on monetary policy this lunchtime. The first is whether they
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Has Labour really noticed? Acknowledging racism is one thing, but delivering freedom from fear is essential as well
The weekend’s far-right march in London appears to have been pivotal in waking opinion on the danger the far right poses in the UK, and
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Homo economicus or savage capitalism? A conversation with John Christensen
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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Danny Kruger, Christian nationalism and the threat from Reform
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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Fascism is the biggest threat to the UK – and its US architect is arriving today
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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Are the far-right promoting violence?
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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Labour, sinking
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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