Wednesday, 20 December 2017

Trump's Triumph for Mercantilism

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It is inevitable that the entire Economics establishment is critical of the new US tax regime that will [almost certainly] be approved by Co...
Monday, 11 December 2017

Bitcoin: the material costs

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Bitcoin has no material substance; but it only exist in an environment of massive computer power which deploys energy to give effect to the ...
Friday, 8 December 2017

A Great Day for the Irish

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So: the Irish did win. Mrs May is now committed to defer the dual vetoes of the Dublin government and the DUP. The British have promised, i...
Tuesday, 5 December 2017

I Told You: The Irish Change the Question

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There will never be a better example of Boris Johnson's unfitness for a responsible job than the Foreign Secretary's recent - disast...
Sunday, 3 December 2017

Further Disintegration: Mrs May's Government Shambles

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I have met Damian Green a few times, mostly in his capacity [when the Tories were in opposition] as a director of his regional water company...
Saturday, 2 December 2017

Spectacular Naivete

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Jacob Rees-Mogg speaks slowly and clearly. He has a reputation for expressing clear ideas, some of which are out of kilter with contemporary...
Friday, 1 December 2017

The Future of Britain and Ireland; and the Relevance of Donald Trump

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Five Tory MPs yesterday labelled themselves even more firmly as people who were willing to risk the economic future of the United Kingdom ou...