As readers here will know, I am a fan of the idea of the ‘economics of walking about’, which is an idea created by my
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Economics, as it is now taught, is almost total rubbish. No wonder the world is in a mess when political decisions are based on this
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This is new, from the House of Commons library: This is the data that they supply: The data as it stands is pretty basic, although
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As The Guardian notes this morning: Rachel Reeves is braced for revised forecasts by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to blow a £20bn hole in her
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The regime in Iran is one for which I have no time. Theocracy does not, in my opinion, have a place in this world. It
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I found this encouraging this morning. This man was photographed yesterday in the mass demonstrations against Trump across the USA: This is what speaking truth
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Economists assume that we don’t need to make decisions, because since we are possessed of perfect knowledge, knowing what to do is innate to us.
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John Harvey is continuing in his role as unofficial poet in residence here and offered this yesterday: Poets of the world unite! It’s hard not
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The New Statesman had a fascinating article on Keir Starmer this week. The key paragraph, as far as I was concerned, was this: Politics is
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