A reader called Ellie Comber wrote this comment on the blog overnight: I admit to being very frightened that democracy will be annihilated and that
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Can the global economy survive another shock?
The Financial Times asked whether the global economy can survive another shock. I think it’s the question of our time. Debt, war and climate change
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Thiel and the Antichrist
As The Guardian has reported, Peter Thiel has been lecturing in San Francisco about the Antichrist, Armageddon and a one-world order. What his Antichrist fixation
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Who will pay to rebuild Gaza?
It seems to me that the time has arrived to ask the question that I am not seeing asked almost anywhere, which is, who will
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The Quantum Essays: Where are the checks on entropy in the UK system now?
This is another in the Quantum Essays series. Like most of the others, this one arose from discussions between my wife, Jacqueline, and me. This one follows
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The inequality lie
Right-wing commentators claim inequality in Britain is falling. It isn’t. The Office for National Statistics says the Gini coefficient has improved — but the truth
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Christianists
There was a discussion here this morning. Jaqueline was offended on behalf of Christians that white male so-called Christian nationalists claim the right to use
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The Quantum Essays: Where are the checks on entropy in the US system now?
This is another in the Quantum Essays series. Like most of the others, this one arose from discussions between my wife, Jacqueline, and me. This
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If Rachel Reeves must raise taxes, the basic rate of income tax is the worst place to start
The Telegraph reported this morning that the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has told Rachel Reeves that raising income tax would be
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