Funding the Future

Is Bitcoin the new gold?

People are claiming Bitcoin is the new gold. It isn’t. It is nothing like gold. But more than that we don’t need to be on the gold standard ever again. It destroyed the world economy.

Is Starmer worse than Truss?

Labour is sinking so fast in my estimation that I now think it could already be worse than the government of Liz Truss, and could be very much worse soon.

Is Trump mad or bad?

Trump’s first few days in office make it clear he’s either mad or bad, because there are no other explanations available for what is happening. But is it possible he’s both?

The curse of the household analogy

Politicians claim countries must be run like households, and that’s completely wrong. In fact, most often the exact opposite is true.

Why are £23 billion of benefits unpaid a year?

£23 billion of benefits are not paid in the UK a year. Why is it that finding those who are due to be paid is not a national priority?

The Age of Aggression

Trump’s second arrival in the White House marks a shift in political economy.  We’re entering the Age of Aggression – a new era in political economy. After WW2 we had the Age of Compassion. Neoliberalism was the Age of Indifference. Now we have naked force taking control.

What is Trump going to do?

Trump was slow to get going in his first presidency. This time he’s planning on an impact from day one, and that impact could be horrible, and the repercussions terrible.

There’s no growth, so what should Labour do?

Labour’s plan for government is based on some vague aspirations that are almost meaningless, and probably undeliverable. So, what should it do?

Was Biden right in the end?

Joe Biden’s swan-song speech to the people of the USA warned about the threat to the people of the USA from what he called the tech-industrial complex, otherwise known as Musk and his tech billionaire friends. Was he right to do so? But was he also too late?

When will Labour oust Rachel Reeves?

Rachel Reeves says it is her pre-election promise – to balance the books – that Labour must deliver. But 20 other cabinet ministers also made promises – and are being denied the chance to deliver them by Reeves. How long is it before they oust her?