The UK Economy Is Dying Under The Coronavirus Closedown
We're going to have to end this lockdown of the UK economy and sooner rather than later. Yes, this will mean more people will...
We Should Indeed Have A Global Marshall Plan For Developing Countries
Fun to see something in The Guardian with which all of us will fully agree. It's such a rarity that we should celebrate it...
Government’s Security Against The National Debt Is Not The National Economy
It's entirely true that government borrowing is not like a household doing the same. One reason being that government is not mortal as with...
A Significant Problem With Modern Monetary Theory
We are continually told that Modern Monetary Theory changes everything. As governments can just keep printing money therefore governments will never run out of...
There Is No Shortage Of Food In Britain
This is something that would be fairly obvious to anyone with an IQ greater than their shoe size - there is no shortage of...
The Post-Covid World. Pt 2: Commuting
From our Swindon correspondent:
This is one of the bigger ones, although I have to watch my own biases here.
Changes in the way that offices...
The Post-Covid-19 World. Part 1: China
From our Swindon correspondent:
I thought I'd write a series of general predictions about the post-Covid-19 world. For anyone who saw the world before the...
Is Coronavirus Causing A Recession Or A Depression?
A point being made by Danny Blanchflower:
There is no doubt about it: the UK and many other European countries are already in a depression....
Tax Matters To Entrepreneurs
Contrary to what those who would like higher taxes insist upon, tax rates do in fact matter to entrepreneurs. To the point that higher...
Risk Of US Recession Is 21% Says Moody’s
This isn't as dreadful a prediction as it seems, this idea that the risk, in the next 6 months, of a US recession is...