Are the wealthy essential to our economy – or are they holding it back? In this 10th video of the series, I examine whether we
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Is a word limit on comments required?
Yesterday’s blogs created a phenomenal number of comments. I was officially on a day off (I saw spoonbill, kingfisher, willow warbler, garden warbler, stonechat and
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Ethnic cleansing
As The Spectator notes in an email this morning: Israel looks likely to expand its war in Gaza. Journalists in Israel were briefed yesterday that the cabinet will
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YouTube v the blog: differing perspectives
I did not expect yesterday’s video to get the level of reaction it did. By last night (when I began preparing this post), the polls
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Stablecoins answer no known question
As The Guardian noted later yesterday: The UK has been left behind in the cryptocurrency boom and is in danger of missing a second wave
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$30 billion or I won’t come to work
Elon Musk has trashed the US government this year, albeit not quite single-handedly, but he tried. Now he is trashing Tesla by demanding $30 billion
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What is profit?
I’ve spent 50 years studying profit as an accountant, economist, and political economist. And here’s the truth: almost no one understands what profit really is,
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Neoliberal abuse
This was a Guardian headline last night: Let’s ignore the detail here. Let’s stand back instead. First, banks thought they could enter into cosy deals
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Starmer’s choice? Does he support Palestine or the USA? He cant have both.
As the New York Times says in an email this morning: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Trump are said to be working
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