Larry Elliott had an article in the Guardian yesterday that addressed themes familiar to readers of this blog. He said: There is nothing stopping the
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Many will have watched pictures from Rotherham and elsewhere as racists rioted in pursuit of the neofascist goal of threatening the right of people to
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There is much discussion of the causes of what is being called ‘far-right’ rioting in the UK this morning. No one is, unfortunately, calling it
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I have published the latest video in the Economic Truths series this morning. In it, I argue that it’s widely claimed that our national debt
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Taken this afternoon.. I guess those are seed heads. If so, they represent hope. We need it.

I took part in a Podcast for The National newspaper in Scotland this week, discussing the Private Finance Initiative (PFI). The other guest was Robin
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In this morning’s Economic Truths series video I suggest that it is an economic truth that every action has a reaction, and yet economists and
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Economically, August should be boring. Once upon a time, nothing happened. In the stock markets, the maxim was “Sell in May and go away.” The
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The Bank of England cut interest rates slightly yesterday, against my expectations. Noting this, nothing they did changes my sentiments expressed in my video and
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