Its been a while since it was reported that the two Nordstream pipelines running from Russia into Germany, beneath the Baltic Sea, had been sabotaged, by three explosions. Of course, western media, immediately pointed the finger at Russia, claiming that it was…

As I wrote previously, the current high energy prices could be ended overnight. An element of them is due to the general inflation that has arisen from vast amounts of money tokens thrown into circulation during the idiotic lock downs, and the answer to that is to stop printing…

The latest data for the US, UK and EU, shows that, inflation stays high. The hype is that inflation is falling — which, of course, does not mean that prices are falling — but, inflation, like all economic phenomena, never moves relentlessly in one…

For the last year, I have been saying that, eventually, the Chinese Stalinists would be forced to drop their ridiculous zero-Covid façade, and end the lockdowns. There was no scientific, epidemiological basis for…

To paraphrase Rupa Huq, Starmer’s reactionary, nationalist/monarchist party may be barely, superficially Labour, but that is all.

If you strained your eyes, at its conference, you could sometimes see a sign using the word Labour, hiding behind all of the Union Jacks…

Central banks say they are committed to reducing inflation. To that end, they are raising their policy rates. That misunderstands inflation, and means they are using the wrong tools to deal with the problem.

Many central banks are predicting that inflation falls significantly in 2023, such that, by 2024, it will be back down to their target 2% levels, with some, even, predicting deflation at the end of that process. These are…

Yesterday, it was reported that Boris Johnson received £1 million in fees in about a month, just for giving four speeches. Yet, the Tories won’t pay nurses, and other workers enough to ensure that their wages…