Clearly, the lessons of the 2008 banking crash have not been properly learned. The government’s approach to the finance industry is too laissez-faire. Events in the US banking and finance sectors echo some of the processes we saw prior to the crash, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a clear warning. We recall […]
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The so-called Nobel Prize in Economics (technically, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel). This year’s award went to Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt, and Joel Mokyr for their contributions to what’s broadly called “Schumpeterian growth theory” — work that connects innovation and technological change to economic growth … Aghion and […]
This blog post continues my exploration of the available productive resources in Japan which would allow a nominal fiscal expansion to be accommodated without adding to the inflationary pressures. People consistently point to the low official unemployment rate as a proxy for a shortage of labour in Japan. It is good that the official unemployment…
Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system that left vulnerable people at risk, according to a new Parliamentary report
Interim Opposition leader, Sussan Ley, has reached out to her rebellious colleague, Barnaby Joyce, to invite him over for a lovely beef wellington dinner. ”Teams squabble from time to time but what good teams do is they always settle their... Read More ›
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – October 26, 2025 by Tony Wikrent Trump not violating any law ‘He who saves his Country does not violate any Law’ Trump Stuns By Saying ‘I Don’t Know’ When Asked Directly NBC’s Kristen Welker ‘Don’t You Need to Uphold the Constitution?’ Joe DePaolo, May 4th, 2025 [mediaite.com] ICE […]
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A self-driving car ally takes the wheel in D.C., the master planners face new foes, and more from The Lever this week.
Beneath the civic ideal of taxation as a collective, equitable endeavour lies an entrenched hypocrisy: the architecture of modern tax codes serves not the public good but the consolidation of private wealth. The progressivity of income tax is hollowed out at the uppermost tiers, where income is largely derived from capital — taxed at preferential […]
Carole Ann Ford confirmed that scenes for a different ending to the Doctor Who Season 2 finale were filmed that would have set up Season 3.
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A state wants Big Tech to pay up, other states power down price-fixing robots and slash drug prices, and scammers get a taste of justice.
They say AI will replace the web as we know it, and this time they mean it. Here follows a short list of previous times they also meant it, starting way back in 1997. Wired: March 1, 1997: “You can kiss your web browser goodbye” – Kevin Kelly and Gary Wolf, The Big Story. Inspired by […]
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Support for the Maine Senate candidate suggests that voters are so sick of what the establishment has to offer, they might look past a Nazi tattoo.
The post The Left Put Its Faith in Graham Platner. Will He Break Its Heart? appeared first on The Intercept.
Trump directly tied his pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao to the Biden administration’s “war on cryptocurrency.”
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Private insurers like Neptune Insurance Holdings are cashing in on the shutdown and pushing to privatize the National Flood Insurance Program, despite risks to homeowners.
Inside the massive, granite slab slumbering beneath the frozen continent
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Time is running out to deliver a stockpile of contraceptives intended as aid for low-income women, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa.
The post Trump Would Rather Let Birth Control Expire Than Give It to Africans as Aid appeared first on The Intercept.
Slow-motion video reveals how these strikes could kill you, in surprisingly different ways
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