According to Starmer this morning we are to get inward investment from the USA of £150 billion. We are, he says, to get 7,600 jobs
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The centre cannot hold
This came to mind this morning: The Second Coming W. B. Yeats 1865 –1939 Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear
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The power elite has drawn up the drawbridge
Something quite extraordinary happened yesterday. A state visit took place, with all the associated pomp and ceremony, and no one was allowed to witness it,
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The Quantum Essays: Observing and Engaging
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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All forecasts are wrong
Politicians and economists pretend forecasts are facts. But they’re not. They’re guesses – and running the economy on guesses guarantees failure. In this video, I
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The best year ever
I noticed an odd statistic relating to this blog this morning. As this chart shows, during the course of yesterday this blog recorded its best
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Too many ideas?
It has been pointed out to me by my wife, so I definitely noticed, that I may be publishing too much content on here at
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