Firstly – an apology, I had this drafted for the 70th anniversary of the NHS a few weeks back, but didn’t get a chance to finish it. Part of the delay was because I distracted by things like holidays, but also because it turned out to be a bigger task than I thought. Much bigger. … Read more
No. “Productivity isn’t everything, but, in the long run, it is almost everything. A country’s ability to improve its standard of living over time depends almost entirely on its ability to raise its output per worker.” Paul Krugman This is why I think that Paul Krugman is wrong, despite his Nobel prize. People value human contact … Read more
The two headlines above, one from the Washington Post, and one from the Guardian are typical of recent press stories about the rise in inequality . Inequality is apparently the defining characteristic of our current age. The Guardian has an excellent series of articles chronicling how inequality shapes the modern world, while Oxfam have published … Read more
Welcome to my first blog of 2018. I plan to write one blog a month, but look at each issue in a bit more depth. Over the last year I found that I wanted to go into some subjects in more detail than a fortnightly blog allowed. I had started writing a blog for January … Read more
I’m not a massive fan of Jeremy Corbyn. People who know me won’t be surprised by that, as I haven’t taken any steps at all to hide my lack of enthusiasm for him. I do however know lots of people, very nice people, who do think very highly of him, and who often share things … Read more