Eomics
Economics without the con
Sunday, 12 April 2026
The long and the short: Part 2
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Just after the first part of this note was published, the US and Iran negotiated a fragile ceasefire which appeared to involve the reopening...
Monday, 6 April 2026
The long and the short: Part 1
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As the US-Israeli war against Iran drags into its sixth week, the repercussions will be far-reaching. In the near-term, these are likely to ...
Sunday, 8 March 2026
100 Not Out
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To reach the age of 100 is a significant event for anyone. When the centurion in question is the man (formerly) known as Maestro, one of the...
Saturday, 21 February 2026
Deindustrialisation: The rights and wrongs
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Marco Rubio’s speech at the Munich Security Conference last weekend was greeted with relief in some quarters for being less bombastic than ...
Sunday, 4 January 2026
2026: TrAIumphalism
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If 2025 was the year when artificial intelligence escaped the laboratory and Donald Trump escaped political gravity, 2026 will see the conse...
Tuesday, 23 December 2025
Relative Claus
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It is ten minutes to departure time at the North Pole, and Alfie Smith is annoyed. Not existentially annoyed. Not haunted-by-the-weight-of-g...
Saturday, 29 November 2025
The 3Rs: Reeves, Revenues and Resentment
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I have said it many times before, but it is worth repeating that the on-the-day take of the UK Budget often misses much of the nuance. This ...
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