The headline news in the Budget was a 2p cut in the main rate of National Insurance contributions for employed and self-employed people. This was…
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
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The Conservatives seek to frame pretty much every general election (with the exception of “Get Brexit Done”) as Tory tax cuts versus Labour spend. …
Last year, Australia held a referendum called ‘The Voice’ on a constitutional amendment to create a separate political body representing indigenous views. A number of…
In this conversation with ChatGPT, I am struggling to find out whether ChatGPT has a view of the future, which is fundamentally different from the…
A windfall tax on bank profits would raise anywhere between £3.5 billion and £14 billion from the big four UK banks alone this year, depending on…
York Big Tent Ideas Summit 1. (Partner: New Capital Consensus) View the other York Big Ideas Summit and Festival reports HERE. Facilitator: Nick Silver, economist and…
This is a sequel to a post from January 25 titled “Is it time for another Lehman Brothers moment?“, discussing the threat of a 2024…
The news that the Body Shop has called in administrators in the UK and Germany is certainly sad. Ed Mayo, now the chief executive of…
In my advanced years, I find an increasing desire to understand the evolving dynamics of our world. Much of the knowledge accumulated over my 86…
“The UK income tax system taxes those individuals at the very top of the earnings distribution relatively (i.e. relative to lower earners) more heavily than…
Recently, after giving a keynote at a major conference about The New Political Capitalism I was asked a question: “But business has always had a political dimension. So,…
It is interesting how individuals in different fields view the future differently. Classical economists see a future of endless economic growth, as does everyone employed…