2+ hour, 11+ min ago  (848+ words) Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 at a critical moment for the European gas market. Prices had already been rising, and in the winter of 2021-22 the gas stored in Europe Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (1278+ words) Kenneth Rogoff on the decline of the dollar'New Statesman One of Kenneth Rogoff's friends was watching the news on TV recently when they saw an advert for a gold trading company. Part of the company's offer, in its inducement to…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (272+ words) But you still can't afford to buy a home It's not. If you choose to look at your home as an investment, you've already lost about "60,000. This has been going on for a long time. The real "record high" in…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1696+ words) A well-known story by Jorge Luis Borges, "On Rigor in Science, recounts the tale of a guild of cartographers, who, in search of perfection, undertook to create a new map of their empire. This map end A well-known story by…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (933+ words) As we approach the Labour government's Autumn Budget, the conversation about how to deliver sustainable growth has never been more important. Every lever for economic expansion must be pulled, from pr As we approach the Labour government's Autumn Budget, the…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (259+ words) Later licensing hours for pubs and clubs are a start. But what other illicit activities could be legalised to help the economy? Similarly, sex work, also currently illegal, is estimated to be valued at "6.2bn in the UK. Evidence shows that…...

6+ mon, 4+ day ago  (285+ words) A proposed scheme could raise "32bn. The subsidy Osborne claimed lasted until 2022, when interest rates finally rose from their long slumber. As the bonds became loss-making, the Treasury began paying huge sums back to the Bank. This year, the OBR estimated…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (194+ words) HMRC does not appear to know how much tax our billionaires pay. What the PAC's report really shows is not that HMRC is allowing billionaires to get out of paying tax, but that a wealth tax targeting billionaires would be…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (227+ words) Making economic policy by forecast is driving Britain in circles. We understand that weather forecasts are informed guesses. They deal in probabilities, not guarantees " and culturally, we use them with that understanding. But when it comes to economic forecasts, we…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (966+ words) The wealthy have abandoned Britain. According to the Telegraph, "one millionaire leaves Britain every 45 minutes under Labour. The Independent dutifully echoed that "Britain lost a net 10,800 million The wealthy have abandoned Britain. According to the Telegraph, "one millionaire leaves Britain…...