Too much money chasing too few goods – that is the classic explanation for inflation. But for some reason we tend always to worry about…
Too much money chasing too few goods – that is the classic explanation for inflation. But for some reason we tend always to worry about…
Once again, the media are scaring homeowners with the prospect of falling house prices this spring. I was expecting house prices to fall similarly back…
When the dust has settled on the current angst, after inflation comes back down and economies re-emerge from their funk, the post-mortems will ask: how…
When we designed our house 25 years ago, we explained to our architect that we wanted eight double power sockets in the kitchen. Which turned…
Most of us believe that the present recession will end. They always have done in the past. It will be a longer-than-usual process. Which means…
In a recent New York Times column, Paul Krugman argues that the core elements of inflation are not only groceries and gasoline, but also housing. Indeed,…
It was exciting to see that Rishi Sunak – our latest Prime Minister – took his oath of office on a copy of the Bhagavad-Gita….
The title of this piece is taken from Tim Morgan’s latest blog. This is an important piece, which should be circulated widely. Not necessarily to be…
“Whenever 20 economists put their name to a letter it is a near certainty that nonsense is being perpetrated.” So wrote columnist Simon Jenkins a…
Whether you are an issue specific campaigner, a community or political activist or just a concerned citizen, it is becoming every clearer the enormity of…
I know, I know. It is supposed to be about too much money chasing too few goods – but, more fundamentally, what is it about?…