Smash and grab
Ruben Andersson and David Keen are academic investigators seeking to understand what they see as a conundrum: How come politicians and their collaborators are able to pursue for so long, …
Smash and grab Read MorePublished by Promoting Economic Pluralism
Ruben Andersson and David Keen are academic investigators seeking to understand what they see as a conundrum: How come politicians and their collaborators are able to pursue for so long, …
Smash and grab Read MoreWhen the US military shot down an unmanned Chinese aircraft many thought the worst. Joshua Brown looks at why things might have even grown better. When a Chinese surveillance balloon …
Why didn’t the balloon go up? Read MoreDirk Ehnts suggests that Liz Truss’s downfall may have not been because she was wrong. Shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, said in 2021 that delaying tackling climate breakdown would be at …
Was Truss on the money? Read MorePaul Ekins warns of the need for low-carbon-economy policymakers to consider the full circle. Many of the technologies seen as critical for the shift to low-carbon energy, as well as …
More ore or less waste? Read MoreJames Robson holds up a trio of pledges that a Labour government might consider in any bid to align education with the skills needed for UK prosperity. Sooner or later …
Education, education and education Read MoreVerity discovers that when the wise man points at the moon, the fool looks at the finger. Thomas, my husband of forty years, has a new project. It keeps him …
A sting in the tale Read MoreA squabble among EU countries over whether to grant Ukraine’s vast farming sector another year of emergency, no-strings-attached access to their markets could well be a taste of what’s to …
EU discord over Ukraine free trade spells trouble for Kyiv’s accession hopes Read MoreRussia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 fundamentally changed the energy landscape in Europe, as Germany, France and their neighbors scrambled to ditch Russian fossil fuels. The effort showed how quickly a modern …
As Europe shifts to clean energy, does it still need so much US LNG? Read MoreChina’s efforts to “de-risk” its economy from the West through massive investments in manufacturing and strategic technologies are exacerbating Europe’s industrial decline, experts and business leaders say. Beijing’s push to achieve …
China’s ‘de-risking’ from West worsens EU industrial decline, experts say Read MoreSometimes climate change appears where you least expect it — like the grocery store. Food prices have climbed 25 percent over the past four years, and Americans have been shocked by the …
Extreme heat drives up food prices. Just how bad will it get? Read More