A Concatenation of Crises
The new British prime minister will confront geopolitical upheaval, rampant inflation, an energy crisis, climate change and even the remote…
2 years ago
Victor Hill
Taxes: to cut or not to cut? That is the question
A self-described “Thatcherite” ex chancellor, with a reputation for hiking taxes, and four unknown quantities with radical tax-cutting instincts. Are…
2 years ago
Fixing the UK Economy post Boris: a Herculean Labour
The UK lacked an economic policy under Boris Johnson – and now it lacks a government, says Victor Hill. What…
2 years ago
Energy Trilemma or Energy Muddle?
When it comes to the energy trilemma – the three-way tradeoff between energy security, sustainability and affordability – something has…
2 years ago
UK Foreign Policy: An Absence of Strategy?
The UK has involved itself in numerous wars in the last 25 years without clear-cut strategic objectives. What are we…
2 years ago
What Can We Learn From a False Singularity?
A Google software engineer claims that the Lamda chatbot is sentient. He is wrong: but the global conversation he has…
2 years ago
Was Brexit a Mistake?
This is the question simmering beneath the surface in economically challenged Britain. Whatever the answer, the government has failed to…
2 years ago
Tax me if you can: Why windfall taxes are a bad idea
The Tories will now rob temporarily rich Peter to appease permanently indigent Paul. Short-termism triumphs again. This is not the…
2 years ago
Malthus Revisited: The Coming Global Food Wars
Russia is weaponising hunger in a global hybrid war. We knew there might soon be famine in the developing world,…
3 years ago
Recession Inevitable − and If So, Who is to Blame?
The global economic outlook is dire. Victor Hill takes a look at how bad it will get in the UK…
3 years ago