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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Sports clubs defy the normal rules of markets and won’t bend to a football watchdog

February 22, 2023

Popularity of sports club is driven by their performance on the field, not by their financials. The very best efforts of a football regulator wouldn’t be able to change the way cultural markets work, writes Paul Ormerod.
The race for AI-powered search engines is a long war and ChatGPT could easily lose

February 15, 2023

Will ChatGPT mean the end of Google searches as we know them? As tech giants compete to get their version of the AI tool in pole position, all is not lost for Google, writes Paul Ormerod
Poor educational outcomes for today’s children could create a future wave of crime

February 8, 2023

Children who started back at school post-pandemic lost valuable life skills, and if we don’t make up for it quickly, it could mean more deprivation - and crime - in Britain, writes Paul Ormerod.
Even in the middle of the war, we need to plan how to rebuild – and fund – Ukraine

February 1, 2023

Western countries must come up with a Marshall Plan 2.0 to rebuild Ukraine when this bloody war ends, writes Paul Ormerod
Rishi Sunak’s strategy of quiet governance won’t deliver an election victory

January 25, 2023

To balance out Liz Truss' short-lived premiership, Rishi Sunak is trying to govern like a grown-up. But being this quiet won't win him the next election, writes Paul Ormerod
A miniscule bit of growth last November is unlikely to save us from a recession this year

January 18, 2023

Whichever way you cut it, the UK is on the brink of a recession. A small boost in growth at the end of last year won't alleviate the cost-of-living crisis and inflation, writes Paul Ormerod
Sunak is right. If more Brits could do maths our economy might just start growing again

January 11, 2023

Sunak’s understanding of maths was an important strength during his time as Chancellor. He is right in promoting a model for education that focuses on improving numeracy skills, writes Paul Ormerod According to Rishi Sunak, everyone up to the age of 18 should be learning maths. It was an idea widely disparaged when the prime [...]
China’s zero-Covid policy must be a cautionary tale for the UK

January 4, 2023

The rise in Covid-19 cases in China has seen the return of travel restrictions – but Paul Ormerod argues the scientific evidence suggests lockdowns aren’t worth the cost – only shifting cases, rather than eliminating them As we greet the new year with the hope of more serene times ahead, some might do it with [...]
This Christmas, let’s all reconsider how we think about innovation, jobs and wages

December 21, 2022

There is still time to have a last minute Christmas present delivered. No, of course not by Royal Mail; but one of its enthusiastic competitors will do the job. Given the impact which technology in general and the internet in particular has had on postal service, it is hard to imagine a more pointless strike [...]
If we concede to the unions, Britain will find itself in a dizzying wage-price spiral

December 14, 2022

A wage price spiral. We have not experienced one for so long that for most people the phrase might just as well be written in the Old English of a thousand years ago. It is, well, sort of comprehensible but only just. But such spirals can take hold with terrifying swiftness. Towards the end of [...]

Gordon Brown returns to government as Starmer shrugs off resignation calls

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