Steve Keen wrote this on Substack yesterday: YouTube popped a video into my feed of Niall Ferguson (the author of The Ascent of Money: a financial
Read the full article…

Voltaire supposedly said: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. The logic is that if people surrender their reason and
Read the full article…

We like to believe medicine exists solely to heal. History tells a different story. From slavery to women’s dissent, from homosexuality to neurodivergence, medical authority
Read the full article…

In this morning’s Letter from an American, Heather Cox Richardson said: Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S. Army
Read the full article…

We went goosing this morning. I am not sure goosing is a word, but it is in the Murphy household. Geese are high on our
Read the full article…

We are just one working week into 2026, but it feels very much longer. The US has invaded a country illegally and seized its president.
Read the full article…

A growing number of high-paid professionals in the UK are choosing to work fewer hours. Some commentators claim this signals economic weakness, declining productivity, or
Read the full article…

We posted this YouTube short this lunchtime: This is the transcript: A century ago, the Irish polymath and playwright George Bernard Shaw said that “Reasonable
Read the full article…

I cannot be alone in thinking that 2026 is already proving to be a very long year. The killing of Renee Good by ICE operatives
Read the full article…