Arthur Laffer’s “curve” is one of the most destructive ideas in modern economics. Sketched on a napkin in the 1970s, it claimed that cutting tax
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I mentioned earlier this afternoon that I was going out at dusk to see if there was any roosting activity going on amongst the birds
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East Anglian skies are amazing: That is looking towards Blakeney Point, where the seal colony is. I have not been to see them on this
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A reader here asked this question today: Hi. New reader, found my way here via a recent interest in degrowth economics. I’m hoping someone here
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I know some dream of a stairway to heaven. I’d rather have this: That’s the boardwalk on the way to the hides at Cley bird
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Donald Trump’s Great Gatsby–style party at Mar-a-Lago reveals everything about modern America — excess at the top, hunger at the bottom, and the deliberate cruelty
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Just in case anyone is not aware, these are my priorities for the next few days: I need time to birdwatch, walk, sit over a
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I was recently reading the introduction to James Hoffmann’s World Atlas of Coffee, which someone in our house seems to have because this is a
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This is from the Bank of England statement on the interest rate change decision made yesterday: At its meeting ending on 5 November 2025, the
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