Author Archives for Paul Ormerod

An important piece of social news emerged last week. According to the Office for National Statistics, the divorce rate in [...]

One of the first tasks facing whoever becomes chancellor after the General Election will be choosing the next governor of [...]

Ardent Remainers had a rare bit of good news at the end of last week. The latest statistics for the [...]

The media has been awash over the past week with stories about the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the [...]

The young contestants on Lord Sugar’s reality TV show The Apprentice sparked outrage last week. They appeared to have virtually [...]

Brexit is about much more than the economic costs and benefits, but the idea that the former dramatically outweigh the [...]

The possibility of Scottish independence is back on the political agenda once again. And one question – which currency would [...]

This year’s Nobel Prize in economics, announced on Monday, was a ray of sunshine amid the prevailing media gloom.   The [...]

Get ready to put your hands deep into your pockets for the boyos and girlos of the Welsh Valleys.  Adam [...]

Area 51 is a mysterious place. Located deep in the Nevada desert, it is home to highly classified US military [...]

Given the climate of intense uncertainty, the FTSE index remains remarkably resilient. It currently sits almost bang in the middle [...]

The latest American Economic Review contains a timely paper. Keith Head and Thierry Mayer, at the University of British Columbia [...]

The Autumn Spending Review announced by the chancellor Sajid Javid barely raised a ripple last week. Yet the increase planned [...]

The expulsion of Bury FC from the English Football League last week continues to generate a huge amount of sound [...]