Chief executives in the UK and the US are now paid hundreds of times more than the people who actually create value in their companies.
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We really are living in dangerous times
I was talking to a friend about my post on Donald Trump, and his attack on European civilisation, made earlier today. The thought that kept
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Starmer is the NHS’s problem
The Guardian notes this morning that: Keir Starmer has said it is “frankly beyond belief” that resident doctors would strike during the NHS’s worst moment
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Economic questions: the William Beveridge question
This is one of a series of posts that will ask what the most pertinent question raised by a prominent influencer of political economy might have been,
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The Best of the Blog 2025
I am pleased to report that the first of our books scheduled for publication before Christmas is out today. This is The Best of the
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Is Trump at war with Europe?
Has Donald Trump effectively declared war on Europe? His recent statements suggest exactly that. In this video, I explore how Trump’s racist rhetoric, his support
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The end of growth
The Office for National Statistics has published new GDP data this morning. As they put it: Main points In the three months to October 2025,
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What is a theory?
A while ago, I was asked to add an entry to this blog’s glossary explaining what a theory is, the goal being to clarify why
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My best of the year, in the National
As if to prove that everyone in the media spends half their lives looking at data, The National sent me a summary of my most-read
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