The answer is that if you keep calm, China has problems but they are manageable. Because of the unusual model of state controlled capitalism where the government, not the markets, is in ultimate control, it is hard for analysts of all types to read what will happen. Therefore a slowdown from exotic growth to significant […]
As this Blog has pointed out time and again, no serious attempt has been made to re-balance the UK economy away from shopping and house price inflation driven by borrowed money. Thus it is that, as things in the global economy turn sour, as now they are, apart from some tinkering to make our banks more […]
The decision by the Anglican Church to sanction its US Branch for practicing same sex marriage is truly shocking. Religion without spirituality is both dangerous and harmful. There are too many in the Anglican (and other) churches who are very religious but spiritually barren. They have no instinctive feel for truth or for the meaning of life, they […]
QE in various forms is now very much part of the economic conversation, especially in connection with a fresh approach to financial issues by the new leadership of the Labour party. Dynamic Quantitative Easing remains under government, not bank, control and targets specific investment projects without borrowing, interest or repayments. It can reboot the economy, boost manufacturing and exports […]
In his first face to face TV interview, a scoop for Robert Peston in his new role as political editor for ITN, the former Tory leader and foreign secretary warned that were Britain to vote to leave, this would seriously destabilize the EU to nobody’s advantage, least of all our own, and if that were […]
BROWSE MY BOOKS WITH THESE LINKS Malcolm Blair-Robinson U.S Malcolm Blair-Robinson UK
At times of stress the public at large, whether they vote or not, look to politicians for leadership. Especially from the government. The opposition is often split because the party out of power can indulge itself, the more so now that the possibility of being caught by a snap election is made remote, with the move to […]
The junior doctors’ strike is over for the moment as the row with the government runs on in the form of talks which may or may not get somewhere. Wherever they do get, even if it solves the dispute, is essentially the wrong place. This blog has said over and over, you cannot have an […]
Set in the mid nineteen nineties, this fast moving thriller lifts the curtain on sex, sleaze and corruption in high places as the long reign of the government totters to an end, following the ousting of the iconic Margaret Thatcher. The novel catches the mood of those times with a host of fictional characters who engage […]
Iran and Saudi Arabia have broken off diplomatic relations and are conducting a proxy Shia/Sunni civil war in Yemen. Iraq has a government with only limited authority, depending upon support from the US coalition helping its forces to drive back IS from its deep foothold in Sunni areas. These forces contain both Sunni and Shia militias. […]