I missed this announcement on 23 December: These are the places applying to be cities in 2022: Peel, Isle of Man; Douglas, Isle of Man;
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The economic insanity of record stock market prices during the omicron crisis
This is from the Guardian this morning: This is a definition of economic insanity. We are still in a pandemic. The economy has far from
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2022 could be economically turbulent
As the Guardian reports this morning: UK households face a hit of £1,200 next year as stalling wages and rising tax and energy bills cause
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Saying Covid is over is not just speculating on the unknown, it is also recklessly irresponsible
I am aware that many people are taking comfort from the words of scientists like Sir John Bell and Prof Paul Hunter of UEA with
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Has the Tory’s time come?
Only a bit over a week ago I noted that unless the government decided there and then that they must take action to tackle the
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Venn diagrams for our times: Empathy
Have we passed a tipping point that creates hope for 2022?
I got this in an email from Survation today: New research and MRP analysis on voting behaviour and standards conducted on behalf of 38 Degrees
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You can’t do money without double entry
I was reading Steve Keen on Minsky yesterday, as you do on Boxing Day. This is from his PDF on Minsky without formulas, which is
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Rowan Williams on Desmond Tutu
I thought this was the most incredible thing to say about the late Desmionbd Tutu, written whilst he was still alive, of course: Rowan Williams
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