The Observer view: Britain cannot afford Reform: ‘They offer not just a toxic nostalgia, but an uneconomic one; they promise a return to a better yesterday, but serve up an unaffordable tomorrow.’
Economics
2026-01-06: FTSE 100 CEOs have already earned more than you probably will all year
2025-12-28
2025-12-21: Reform UK is mostly funded by very rich people with foreign interests- cui bono?
2025-12-09: An NBER paper estimates that Brexit caused a massive cost to the UK's economy, employment and productivity
2025-12-04: In the UK, people who receive certain types of benefits get a £10 Christmas bonus each year. Whilst …
2025-11-29: The public reaction to last week's UK budget.
2025-11-22: Prem Sikka's progressive ideas for Labour's budget this week
2025-10-25: UN expert claims that the appalling rise of UK far right populism is fuelled by the incessant cuts to the welfare system
2025-10-25
2025-09-29
How A Private Equity Firm Brought About The Death Of British Steel: ‘British Steel has collapsed into insolvency’
2025-08-25: 📚 Finished reading Butler to the World by Oliver Bullough.
2025-08-24
Why Gen Z Loves to Invest: (well, those who have spare money) - mainly because trying to live on wages alone really isn’t sufficient any more for a lot of people.
2025-08-13: Only a tiny percentage of deaths in the UK result in an inheritance tax payment being due
2025-08-03
‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse: There is nothing new under the sun.
2025-08-03: 📚 Want to read: Goliath’s Curse by Luke Kemp. The usual cheery reading. Luke Kemp surveys the …
2025-07-27: Democrats Act Like Elections Are Complicated. They’re Not. Our research found that economically …
2025-07-27
Democrats Act Like Elections Are Complicated. They’re Not.: Just run on progressive economic policies.
2025-06-22: Meta are apparently offering AI experts $100 million to come work for them
2025-06-20
This Pride Month, We’ve Reached Rainbow Capitalism’s End: ‘…when the culture goes in another direction, as it has especially since Mr. Trump was elected again, corporate allyship becomes corporate snubbing.’
2025-05-29
Housing ombudsman for England warns of ‘simmering anger’ over living conditions: There’s been a nearly 500% increase in complaints about substandard living conditions received by the housing ombudsman compared to around 5 years ago.
2025-05-26
2025-05-09
‘Outdated and unjust’: can we reform global capitalism?: There is little hope if not.
2025-05-06
2025-04-25
Elon Musk and DOGE’s Savings May Be Erased by New Costs: Not only have they saved only a tiny fraction of what they promised but also there’s ‘a rough estimate that firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers will cost upward of $135 billion this fiscal year.’
2025-04-21
There’s a Reason the World Is a Mess, and It’s Not Trump: Economic stagnation.