The world nine years ago looked rather different. The threats facing it were different. Russia was still recovering from the chaos of the collapse of the Soviet Union and grappling with a power structure, which included former communist officials who had managed to acquire control of former state monopolies making them super rich oligarchs, the very […]
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Britain has one of the highest levels of household debt worldwide. Economists tend to remark, in the midst of the global market uncertainties, that because the UK economy in centred on home consumption, we are insulated to a degree from what goes on in the rest of the world. That is true in itself but […]
QE in various forms is now very much part of the economic conversation, especially in connection with recent market turmoil. 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 and enable sustained growth of real national wealth shared […]
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