From international trade to interest rates, macroeconomics is in yet another tail spin April 5, 2023 Last week, anti-Brexit campaigners started complaining about the minuscule economic benefit of joining the CPTPP, but almost no one shaking a fist knows a thing about microeconomics, writes Paul Ormerod
If 15 minute cities can start a wave of conspiracies, almost anything can April 4, 2023 The hysteria about the 15-minute city in Oxford is proof that conspiracy theories are reaching further and further deep into every corner of our society, writes Elena Siniscalco
Let’s face it: Profiteering is feeding the inflation beast, not just pay rises April 4, 2023 Inflation is a pernicious beast that is plainly bad for people and businesses. It can ease governments’ debt burdens by (artificially) boosting tax revenues, but that can lead to severe bouts of price rises that, often, lead to societal decay. So it’s easy to see why policymakers in the UK are sweating over the rate [...]
Britain and Japan are both islands holding on to legacy, not building for the future April 4, 2023 Both island countries, both struggling with an ageing population, and both holding onto former glory without planning for the future. Japan and the UK have a lot to learn from each other, writes Leon Emirali
Musk’s paid for verification is a joke fit for April Fool’s day as it commodotizes security April 4, 2023 William Shatner and Monica Lewinsky are not two people you would automatically place together, but surprisingly Twitter’s new approach to verification has united the two on a single cause.
Analysis: Everyone has stuck their head in the sand over queues at Dover April 3, 2023 Suella Braverman won't acknowledge Brexit, and border officials and ferry firms can't blame it quick enough.
We can’t allow New York or Paris to further chip away at London’s competitive edge April 3, 2023 Competitors, such as New York, are continuing to make great strides in areas such as tech investment - one of London's key strenghts.
A six month pause on new artificial intelligence won’t stop the race for dominance April 3, 2023 Elon Musk and more than a thousand other tech experts want a pause to new AI development, but there's no real incentive for a ceasefire, writes Chris Mallows.
China’s undeclared information war with Taiwan is a warning from Beijing April 3, 2023 We can't afford not to care about what happens between China and Taiwan. And it's not a matter of "if" anymore - it's a matter of what we'll do when Beijing challenges Taiwan, writes Eliot Wilson
Explainer: UK house prices and their swift fall March 31, 2023 House prices in the UK have fallen at their fastest yearly pace since 2009. The price of an average property fell 3.1 per cent from a year ago, according to the Nationwide Building Society. The average house price in March was £257,122. The figures show prices falling also on a monthly basis, for the seventh [...]