For the second time in days, Larry Elliott has been singing from the same hymn sheet as me in the Guardian. In an article today,
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The wealthy disrupt economies and we cannot afford that
As the FT has noted this morning: Italy has doubled a flat tax on the foreign income of new residents, in a blow to rich
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Have high interest rates created the risk of a crash?
I have published this video this morning. In it I argue that economics says high interest rates should deflate share prices. But that’s not been
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Will our politicians take the action required to tackle fascism, because their talk will not be enough?
I am breathing slowly. I can. Trouble did not erupt in up to one hundred places last night, as had been predicted. Anti-fascist protestors turned
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The far-right are coming for tax
I have published this video this evening. In it, I argue that far-right politicians hate government, or so they say. For decades they tried to
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What we need is action to improve lives
As the FT notes this morning, in an article by a couple of their senior political journalists: The “demonising” of asylum seekers, immigrants and the
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Now Labour is the incumbent Single Transferable Party of government what chance is there for the Left?
For those who read the comments on this blog, and it would seem that a surprisingly large number do, then references to an article by
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Google is a monopolist: what next?
I have published this video this morning. In it I argue that the trouble with monopolies has been known for well over a century. They
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Government finances are not like those of any household
I published a new video this evening. This is part of an experiment, as it seems that both YouTube and TikTok viewers prefer videos produced
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