The Budget is out, triggering much wailing and gnashing of teeth. The Financial Times and the Telegraph called it “pro-growth”, while the Guardian says it…
Why the banks didn’t hedge their books properly is as yet unclear, but the most obvious explanation is that their respective Treasury operations were being…
Yesterday I left you pondering the inflation comeback in Europe. Since I put that article together, Germany’s inflation data added to the argument, and eurozone…
Does this bit of statistics from Cobus Daneel, the chairman of the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI), mean what I think it does? “Although weekly excess…
Sir James Dyson has argued in the Telegraph that big government’s short-sighted policies mean, “on current trends, the average British family will be poorer than…
To all the entrepreneurs, business managers and small company investors in the UK, I need your help with an important question. Have higher interest rates…
People like to remark that governments foster innovation, especially during wartime. They also like to ignore the slaughter of millions which is usually part of…
“In politics… never retreat, never retract… never admit a mistake.” – Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon was not only one of the greatest military minds in history,…