Boris Johnson sloganised the last election with the oft-quoted phrase “taking back control”. Whether it was in any way truthful, accurate or realistic is debatable…
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
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Looking back, I probably should have said something about it then and there, but there is actually very little recourse for an author whose first…
The bankruptcy of economics and the negligence and malfeasance of the economics profession is now evident, as I have charged since the 1960s and in my…
We set out proposals to address Britain’s increasingly unequal society, including twice yearly ‘helicopter money’ for all adults, carbon tax dividends for young people and…
In theory, a system of universal payments to all without regard for need – like UBI or Universal Basic Income – seems to have a…
Two broad sets ideas have shaped the practice and philosophy of political economy during much of the Industrial Age. One of these is collectivist thinking, which argues…
This letter appeared in the FT Maybe we shouldn’t take the conclusions from Scientific Beta that environmental, social and governance stocks fail to outperform too…
What is it about the UK, that our central purpose seems so, well, snobbish? Take for example, John Betjeman’s brilliant satire of a rather wealthy…
This article was also published in the Times of Malta Every epidemic generates the same call from the same groups of people – suspend intellectual…
Earlier this month, more than 20 national and local independent business organisations in the United States launched a joint campaign to get American policy makers…
Finance impacts all aspects of our lives, from our economies to social cohesion to the ecological systems we depend on for our very survival. As…
Nick Silver has been carrying the lessons learnt through positive psychology through to economic theory. In his blog Positive Psychology and the End of Economics, he…