Tariffs are regressive taxes. Regressive taxes are those where the tax rate decreases as the taxpayer’s income increases. In other words, people with lower incomes pay
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Advertising makes you unhappy with what you have, and even who you are. That’s how it works. So, do we need to better regulate it?
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This is another AI (ChatGPT) generated summary of my thinking. I asked it to discuss my approach to modern monetary theory. The following text is
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There was a lot of coverage yesterday about the ‘Awful April’ about above-inflation bill rises that people are now facing on things such as: Energy
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I got this in n email from the far-right Institute of Economic Affairs yesterday: Do I need to say anything more, except to ask why
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The prospect of Trump’s tariffs creating significant costs for the UK was discussed on Sophy Ridge’s programme on Sky News last night. Amongst those discussing
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The far-right is not happy about Marine Le Pen being found guilty of embezzlement yesterday. As the Guardian notes: Overnight, US president Donald Trump joined
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Given that I had noted for some time before it happened that I was going to retire from employment on 28th February this year, it
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I wrote the long note that follows because of something that Gary Stevenson had to say in a recent video, coupled with my own reaction
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