[ad_1] Sewing correctly argued that his countrymen had, for too long, erroneously held “the idea that the economy will continue to run itself and that we don’t have to do…
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Milei is doing what Britain should have done a long time ago
[ad_1] Whether it works or not remains to be seen. Investors so far seem pleased enough, with the IMF, which is owed more than $40bn (£31bn) by Argentina, approving of…
The German economic model has been destroyed by its own hubris
[ad_1] With that cut off, costs have soared, hollowing out the industrial base. Even worse, Germany complacently closed down its nuclear industry, and refuses to contemplate fracking (even though the…
Europe’s performance says it all: the UK deserves better than Bailey’s ‘realism’
[ad_1] To paraphrase PG Wodehouse on Scotsmen with a grievance, it is not hard to distinguish between a Governor of the BoE and a ray of sunshine. In his defence,…
Banning it before we explore it? That’s Britain alright
[ad_1] The technology to dig it up is advancing rapidly, making it cheaper to extract those raw materials. Even better, it doesn’t create any ugly mines on the land, it…
Our transatlantic cousins have worked out the secret to becoming wealthier
[ad_1] True, there are some special factors helping the US. It is a lot easier to be interested in the market when it is home to Apple, Tesla and Netflix,…
Scottish independence is about to be dealt a fatal blow
[ad_1] And of course, it will give the devolved administration some extra cash to spend on bottle recycling, or rent controls, or gender transition clinics, or whatever madcap, virtue-signalling scheme…
Boots is just the latest disastrous foreign takeover of a British retailer
[ad_1] Brazil’s Natura has started making cuts at The Body Shop. On Friday the Australian and Thai group that bought Selfridges announced losses of more than £100m. Under the ownership…
The bond markets will doom Biden to defeat
[ad_1] The Bloomberg model predicts that the chances of a recession in the US next year are now more than 50pc, while 48pc of Wall Street economists, who as a…
Biden is too busy snubbing Britain to lead the West against China
[ad_1] The chances of it happening this decade have narrowed significantly: it is far easier to pull something off the table than put it back on. We will hear plenty from…