We are living in troubled times. Energy and food prices going through the roof. Spiralling inflation. Seismic geopolitical shifts. Record breaking temperatures. Wildfires on the…
I have been away in Spain and Portugal for nearly a fortnight and I can’t say that the news on the BBC was particularly welcoming…
In prescribing cures for inflation, economists rely on the diagnosis of Nobel laureate Milton Friedman: inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon—too much money…
According to Guardian columnist George Monbiot, Jeremy Lent is “One of the greatest thinkers of our age.” His book The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science…
“The war in Ukraine, lockdowns in China, supply-chain disruptions, and the risk of stagflation are hammering growth,” said David Malpass, president at the World Bank,…
This article has also appeared in Reaction Let us be clear. The rhetoric from Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, the two final contenders for the…
I read this article by Lord Frost and it depressed me. At senior political levels, there is still a misunderstanding about what is going on…
Tim Watkins’ latest piece is good – including his idea that: “If you were looking for a single indicator of what has been happening in…
The headlines (sic.) in The Guardian don’t do full justice to the proposals I make in the paper published today – How to Pay for…
I just received a letter from Greening Steyning, my local green ginger group – urging us to support a new solar energy farm locally. It…
I have been trying to launch some kind of award system over the 18 months or so since the publication of my Tickbox book – really just…
“Deglobalising” and “dedollarising” have been much in the news. Reducing dependence on the global supply chain and the US dollar are trends that are happening…