Jay Rayner Discovers The Joys Of Markets
So the less than svelte taster of food for the lefty classes decides to try out the festive nonsenses available on the food shelves...
The World Economy Is About To Go Down As A COVID Death
Remember this guy?
His mobile phone cost him $2,500 back in 1980.
It could make phone calls.
Sometimes.
What happened to mobile phones over the following forty years?
They...
You’ll Never Find Him In Those Canyons
The passing of Sir Sean Connery has reminded me of one of his films.
In The Hunt For Red October, a sonar operator happens upon...
Jobs Are A Cost Of Windfarms, Not A Benefit
The Times reports on a weird perversion of economics here. People are complaining that the new windfarms are going to be too cheap:
Britain is...
Hosting A Supranational Kegger
I once saw a towering drunken meathead lose his rag in a pub when denied service and throw every item on the bar into...
The Latest Third World Debt Crisis
Brown, who played a major part in helping tackle Africa’s debt crisis 20 years ago, said if a comprehensive solution were to be found...
If Only People Would Grasp The Implications Of Their Own Observations
There's an idea out there that we should become a more socially equal country. One that's equal in civil liberty is clearly a desirable...
China Has Sort Of Bounced Back From The Coronavirus
China becomes first major economy to recover from Covid-19 pandemic
But not, you know, totally.
The Chinese economy grew 4.9% between July and September, according to...
Well, Actually, Fatima Should Retrain As Something Other Than A Ballet Dancer
Much opprobrium being heaped upon political heads about this ad telling a ballet dancer that perhaps she should retrain into cybersecurity. The problem here...
The Glorious Victory Of Neoliberal Globalisation
This idea that poor brown folks are just like richer, gammony ones, is what motivates the neoliberal globalisers like myself. An enrichment of melanin...