Margaret Thatcher’s 100th Birthday
On October 13, Margaret Thatcher, one of the most important politicians and reformers of the 20th century, would have turned 100 years old.
The Joy of Industrial Planning
It’s possible that there could be a bestseller here. An illustrated version for the nightstand of budding socialists everywhere.
Minsky has a point but who is to be the planner?
The Guardian view on an AI bubble: capitalism still hasn’t evolved to protect itself
We should recycle more because it costs lots!
A plastic recycling industry potentially worth £2bn and 5,000 jobs is dying in the UK because of government failure to close a loophole that allows 600,000 tonnes of plastic waste to be exported each year.
Collecting the bins
The ongoing Birmingham bin strikes have been unusually hard to solve because they sit at the intersection of local politics, finances, and union relations.
Governments do indeed face the household limitation on debt
The modern debasement trade involves investors moving away from fiat currencies, such as the dollar, in favour of “harder” assets that provide safety from the risk of rampant inflation.
‘Your papers, please’
The tradition of liberalism in the British Isles is something that we have historically valued immensely.
The pothole problem
Why there are so many potholes in the UK, and why are they so hard to fix?
The European Union’s Joan Robinson violation
The EU has announced it will match Donald Trump’s steel tariffs, doubling levies on imports to 50% in a decision condemned as “an existential threat” to the industry in the UK.
Tax from scratch
Sometimes in scientific discovery we speak of a theory ‘dying the death of a thousand modifications.’
It’s economic freedom that makes the poor rich
Yes, read the legend, this is indeed adjusted for prices across geography.
Booming new towns
New towns always pose the problem that if they have not grown organically, where is the supporting structure of relationships, the interlocking chain of suppliers, and the businesses supporting each other?