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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On the nature of light – entropy
To link to the themes in today’s video and the whole Christmas series, this is by Max Richter. It has the title noted above. His
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Christmas and the gift of light
At Christmas, cultures across the world speak of light returning. This is not theology or astronomy. It is about survival, hope, and responsibility in hard
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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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Why light matters this Christmas
This is the first in a six-video Christmas series exploring light, not just as a festival symbol, but as a political and economic necessity. Light
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My word of the year
As Christmas approaches, I reflect on my word of the year: pleonexia — an ancient Greek term describing the insatiable desire to take more than
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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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Has public debt become unmanageable?
John Plnder, in the Financial Times today, has asked whether public debt in the developed world has become “fundamentally unmanageable”. The argument runs as follows:
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