THERE ARE lots of points in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement that need to be addressed, but this one requires serious debate: why does the chancellor
ECONOMIC COMPARISONS are not penalty shoot-outs, but the moment male economists hear the words UK and Germany, they seem to lose the ability to step
IT WOULD APPEAR that everything is being blamed on Liz Truss. According to The Independent “There is little prospect of a post-Brexit trade deal with Brazil in the near
EARLIER THIS YEAR the European Commission proposed a new law to halt deforestation and minimise the EU’s impact on forests worldwide. Its aim was to
MAKE NO MISTAKE, we face an economic crisis. The view that is being curated is that all was relatively fine until those right-wing barbarians, Truss
MARKETS ARE BRUTAL and will abuse anyone perceived as weak. At the moment, bizarrely, it is the strongest player in the market who is allowing
(If you missed Part One before Friday’s mini-budget, go here first.) ONE OF THE BEST THINGS about the Chancellor’s speech is that it did most
ONLY TIME will tell whether the instinct of our new Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng to cut taxes in pursuit of economic growth will produce the 2.5
THE MEDIA has moved on from the Conservative leadership election and Royal funeral and has now started to worry about the falling pound – but
I DIDN’T want Liz Truss to win the Conservative Party leadership contest but I’m now happy to eat humble pie and admit I was wrong
WHILE MOST PEOPLE are worried about coming shortages: fuel, food and even water, there are still some members of the Twitter fraternity worried about surpluses.
The immediate inclination of politicians and technocrats when something goes wrong is to reach for the controls to try and exert more power over events.
