“I’ve got the guts to make this a high wage economy.” Prime Minister Boris Johnson WELL THAT IS MARVELLOUS. Put up the minimum wage, berate

IS A WINTER OF DISCONTENT really ahead? That’s what the usual suspects and doom-mongers are telling us – with smiles from left-leaning think tanks and

IN PART FIVE of this series (link here) I wrote about the growing inflationary risk fuelled primarily by a perfect storm of massive fiscal expansion

RISHI SUNAK has been lauded generally by the media. Many ascribe him with an economic and fiscal sureness of hand which is hard to fathom.

IN PREVIOUS articles (see below) I have outlined the clear inefficiency of the public sector. The bang for the buck is lamentable. Don’t take my

IN PART 5 of this series I looked at inflationary risk. In this short essay I look at a further factor and perhaps underappreciated force