By: Paul Ormerod

Paul Ormerod is an economist at Volterra Partners LLP, author and an Honorary Professor at the Alliance Business School at the University of Manchester

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The vast social costs of Covid lockdowns are clear, so why is the inquiry silent?

December 13, 2023

The pandemic-era lockdowns had crushing social and economic impacts, but the inquiry is flat out ignoring it, writes Paul Ormerod
Seven years on, we need to finally stop blaming Brexit – just look at the numbers

December 6, 2023

Brexit is a convenient scapegoat for the UK's economic woes, but if we did into the data we'll see a different story, writes Paul Ormerod.
We can’t subsidise or incentivise away the pain of a transition to renewable energy

November 28, 2023

In theory, higher energy prices should be welcome news to the politicians who claim they want a green future, writes Paul Ormerod
Sluggish global growth cannot be an excuse for Britain ignoring opportunities

November 22, 2023

An industrial strategy will not go amiss, but we must look at far more to fix Britain's growth problem, writes Paul Ormerod
From Alison Rose to water exec bonuses, massive payouts are killing productivity

November 15, 2023

Execs bonuses have gone from 30 times employee pay, to 300 times employee pay in 50 years.
Brits are afraid of failure, and the flop of Wework will deter future entrepreneurs

November 8, 2023

Failure is part and parcel of innovation, high profile failures must not make Brits more risk-averse, Paul Ormerod writes.
We’re fighting over-regulation with yet more regulations in an insane spiral

November 1, 2023

From lockdown to 20mph speed limits in Wales and electric vehicles, our obsession with regulations is killing Britain, writes Paul Ormerod
If economic experts wield political power, we’ll get dragged into fiscal groupthink

October 25, 2023

If the Bank of England were unable to predict inflation, why would we grant similar experts power at the Office of Budget Responsibility?
Without a recession, Bailey won’t wrest back control over inflation

October 18, 2023

Andrew Bailey's hopes of bringing inflation back to the 2 per cent target will be wishful thinking without a recession, writes Paul Ormerod
Daunting task of improving public services is the real challenge for next government

October 11, 2023

The SNP has faced the consequence of sheer incompetence with their resounding by-election defeat but dissatisfaction with public services is rife south of the border too, writes Paul Ormerod

Revealed: KPMG and Deloitte offer bumper redundancy packages to slash headcount

Starmer took sport freebies worth tens of thousands of pounds while PM

The PlayStation Portal 2026 review: Japanese innovation, hampered by UK infrastructure

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