As the Guardian noted last night: The UK government’s long-term borrowing costs have reached the highest level since 1998 amid investor concerns over Britain’s sluggish
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Trump is delivering political insanity, or fascism, or both
Headlines in the Guardian and elsewhere make it obvious how dangerous politics is becoming at this moment. Just look at those that follow. First, there
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The ‘Best of’ collection
I was asked yesterday if we could prepare a ‘best of’ playlist of our videos. I had no idea how to do that, but Thomas
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Labour is going for the wrong sort of growth
Labour has based its strategy on promoting private sector growth without showing any understanding that some of that growth might be harmful to the well-being
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There is no proper financial education in UK schools, and the ICAEW is still sitting on the money to fund it
As the FT notes this morning: Only one in four young adults say they received any financial education at school, according to new research, highlighting
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The Tories are now the Very Nasty Party
Theresa May once described the Conservative Party as the Nasty Party. As Home Secretary and Prime Minister, she went out of her way to prove
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Farewell Twitter
I had planned to cease using Twitter on 20 January in protest at Trump’s election and his promotion of Elon Musk. However, events have overtaken
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14 questions Keir Starmer needs to answer about growth
The only goal that we really know that our Labour government has is growth, but no-one really knows why that is, and they have never
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Theories of change
I watched Gary Stevenson’s latest video on economics yesterday. In summary, Gary drew attention to a paradox where, despite decreasing inflation and soaring asset prices,
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