economics

In How to Rule Your Own Country, Harry Hobbs and George Williams consider the phenomenon of micronations, which is to say territorial entities whose members claim independence or sovereignty but which lack diplomatic recognition.

Towards the end of Dreamers and Schemers, his ‘political history of Australia’, Frank Bongiorno tells us that the term ‘democracy sausage’ first entered public discourse in 2012. The date, he suggests, is significant, for while the coinage seemed on one level to speak to the relaxedness and egalitarianism of the Australian electorate, and even to a sense of celebration and fun as regards the institutions of democracy, its introduction coincided with a sharp decline in public trust in politicians and the political process.

Capitalism is corrupt, but its defenders say it can be regulated to become less savage. History shows that the tendency of power and money to aggregate and be monopolized in fewer hands makes the dream of regulated capitalism impossible.

The post “Regulated Capitalism”: a Fairy Tale first appeared on Ted Rall's Rallblog.

Despite the impression many seem to have of me, I live life in a generally optimistic mood, and enjoy much of it a great deal.
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Those of us who fought hard against the Health and Social Care Act of 2012 (and I did, most especially on Twitter) always knew the
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I was out birdwatching yesterday afternoon as the holiday drew to a close. Not wishing to venture far I went to Welney, a local reserve
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I am aware that there are problems with the way this site is working this morning. We are on the problem. Apologies…… UPDATE Problem solved
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I shared this thread on Twitter this morning: I wrote a blog post yesterday that was surprisingly popular. Based on observation of behaviour witnessed during
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I shared this Twitter thread on that site this morning and will be discussing it on the Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2 at
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I just posted these comments on Twitter having watched Sunak speak to the nation on his 'vision':