I posted this video last month: In it, I suggested: Donald Trump is planning to starve the beast. The beast in question is, of course,
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Trump is right on interest rates, for all the wrong reasons
Right around the world, economies face the risk of recession due to Trump’s irresponsibility. We need interest rate cuts because of him, not because he
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There are so many questions, and so few answers
There is a letter in the Financial Times this morning from thirty-six members of the Board of Deputies of British Jews. Given that this is described
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Inflation: don’t get fooled by the statistics
The Office for National Statistics has said this morning (and I have related this to refer to the Consumer Prices Index, or CPI alone): The
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Scotland will not wait forever to become independent
As The National newspaper in Scotland has reported: HOLYROOD will see a huge pro-independence majority of 29 MSPs after next year’s elections, according to an
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Trump is scaring the people of the USA. They’re not going to spend as a result.
Scared people do not spend. This is a fact of economic life. Once somebody is worried about their economic future, they begin to save, and
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Fascism does not arrive in a military uniform
Sometimes an article just needs to be read. This is one of them, and yes, it is in The Guardian. I think its author, Dr
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We need massive interest rate cuts now
I have long argued for the need for interest rate cuts. Let me be candid: I think there is no justification for base interest rates
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The right-wing threat on censorship is real
As a follow-up to the post I have already made this morning concerning Trump’s attack on US universities, which has the obvious intention of restricting
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