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Time to spend

25/03/202321/07/2023 - Leave a Comment

Jason van Tol tells a story of the true price of policy. Tragedy struck recently in my friend’s kindergarten class. Savanah, the single, working grandmother of Davey, one of the …

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The debt ceiling melodrama

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US federal debt has its limits. Richard Vague tells the tale. One of the great melodramas of American politics erupts in Washington when the federal debt approaches its statutory limit and …

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Just because you know how to make money, that doesn’t mean you know how to make money.

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Steve Keen puts his money on the Fiat against the Tesla with the backing of Ford. Elon Musk has been making a lot of comments on government debt recently, and …

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The Bank of England’s deceptive guide to economics

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Guy Dauncey reviews Can’t We Just Print More Money? Economics in Ten Simple Questions, by Rupal Patel and Jack Meaning, Bank of England. Two economists from the Bank of England …

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Profit and profiteroles

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South Africa’s rulers are so detached from their electorate they don’t even let them eat cake. Lebohang Liepollo Pheko explains. Every year on the weekend closest to January 8th, the …

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Labour’s plan to ‘abolish’ the House of Lords: what exactly has been proposed – and the chances Keir Starmer will adopt it

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A commission led by former prime minister Gordon Brown has called for a future Labour government to replace the controversial House of Lords with an elected upper chamber, in a …

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Belgian Government Workers Can Now Ignore Their Boss After Work Hours

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Bosses won’t be able contact employees outside of work hours except in exceptional circumstances, according to a proposed law for civil servants in Belgium. A “Right to Disconnect” will be introduced for …

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South Sudan

South Sudan Wants to Build a New Capital in a Former Rhino Sanctuary

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Despite being only 10 years old, South Sudan has already been beset by economic challenges, bitter disputes with its neighbours and the remnants of a five-year civil war that claimed almost 400,000 lives.  The …

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China Becomes First Major Economy to Issue Digital Currency

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The Chinese government has begun to issue blockchain-powered digital currency to its citizens. The Wall Street Journal reports that 750,000 recipients have been determined by a lottery system and can already spend their digital Yuan in …

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Mission Economy

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From the publisher: Even before the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, capitalism was stuck. It had no answers to a host of problems, including disease, inequality, the digital divide and, perhaps …

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