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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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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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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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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The Trump regime revealed a core part of its fascist intention yesterday when it announced actions against Harvard University. According to the New York Times:
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Trump has failed, but the world needs to carry on presuming that Trump is the biggest threat it has faced in generations, because a man
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Labour has made a mess of managing British Steel.  It had no strategy and no plan, and hadn’t had the foresight to see the consequences
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Clive Parry posted this comment on the blog this morning: As you know, I support all your suggestions in the Taxing Wealth Report. However, I
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I have been a columnist for The National newspaper in Scotland for four years now. From this week onwards, my column shifts from Thursday and
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