Funding the Future

There are videos and blog posts I can write and publish without spending much time thinking about the risks involved. Yesterday‘s video, in which I described Israel as a rogue state and called for sanctions upon it, was not one of those.

Thi...

The Financial Times noted something this morning deeply hidden within data published by the Office for National Statistics.

This unnoticed data is represented by this chart.

It shows the ratio of what is called UK gr...

Let’s ignore the fact that the UK monarchy is less popular now than it has probably ever been.

Let’s ignore the fact that it is tainted by the Epstein files.

Let’s ignore the fact that Donald Trump is less popular than he has ever been.

Let’s ignore the fact that he is also tainted by the Epstein files.

Let’s ask instead what this royal visit by Ki...

The world is facing a financial crisis because we will be facing absolute shortages of oil, food, and raw materials very soon. And that changes everything.

Markets can never solve the problem of absolute shortages: they simply supply whoever can pay the most. If we leave allocation to the market, the vulnerable will be left with nothing.

The Economist forecasts ...

I note this from this morning's National newspaper in Scotland:

NEW research has suggested that the