A lot of people commented on my post on financial education for young people yesterday. I appreciated that. It became clear that a number of
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Grebes on the River Cam
On 29 April I posted this picture of a great crested grebe on her nest on the River Cam: A week ago, she was still
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What do young people need to know about money?
For reasons that will become more apparent over the next week or so I have been giving some thought to what might be on a
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New York is sinking, and its bankers could go down with it
As the Guardian reported yesterday: New York City is sinking in part due to the extraordinary weight of its vertiginous buildings, worsening the flooding threat posed
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King v President
This dropped into my inbox from Ipsos Mori not long ago: My immediate thought? I think George Windsor might need an alternative job plan to
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Extraordinary wealth carries with it the obligation to pay tax
As the Guardian has noted of the Sunday Times UK Rich List, which has apparently been published today, even though it is not a Sunday:
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Why do we let the food industry bloat us and GDP?
I stayed overnight in Sheffield on Wednesday as my inaugural lecture (which went well) finished too late to allow for a comfortable return home. On
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Could hate win?
The obvious question to ask after this week’s National Conservative conference is how far can hate take the right? It was, after all, the one
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The Tories: the true haters of modern Britain
Goebbels’ advice, when it came to propaganda, was to accuse your enemies of that which you were actually doing. The Guardian seems to be drawing
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