As many readers will know, the Online Safety Act is now in operation in the UK. I have checked with Ofcom to see if this
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Could 2008 happen again? Part 2
No sooner had I finished my post on why the 2008 global financial crisis could happen all over again than I noticed this in the
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Could 2008 happen again?
This is from the FT this morning: Almost three-quarters of HSBC’s Hong Kong commercial property loan book was flashing warning signs by the end of
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Black and white thinking takes us closer to fascism
I discussed why fascist narratives can be both created and succeed in my National Column yesterday (yours, in full, for a £20 a year subscription,
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The benefit of benefits – and why wealth floods-up
There are very few things in life that are more straightforward than the economics of paying benefits to those who need them. The simple, straightforward,
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We need to rethink capital
We talk about capital as if it’s only money or machines, but that’s a dangerously narrow view. In this video, I unpack the six forms
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Neoliberals and flat earthers
Challenging the Overton Window
Roy Lilley, in his daily mail on what is happening in the NHS, made some excellent points this morning. In particular, he talked about the
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Why the household analogy in economics is wrong
As I have written many times before, one of the most persistent and damaging myths in economics is the so-called household analogy. This is the
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