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About Paul Ormerod
Paul Ormerod is an economist at Volterra Partners LLP, a Visiting Professor in the Department of Computer Science at UCL, and author of Against the Grain: Insights of an Economic Contrarian, published by the IEA in conjunction with City A.M.
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The vaccines seem to be coming thick and fast. The task now is to ensure that enough people get them
The various new vaccines announced over the past two weeks give real hope of a return to normal life. Of
Justice secretary Robert Buckland last week blamed the public for England’s new lockdown. In particular, the fault was with people
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