Victor Hill

Journal of the Plague Year X – Political Vaccinology

With nearly one million deaths worldwide from Covid-19, who will get the vaccine first? Will it work? And there is…

Mr Sunak’s Challenge: How will we pay for coronavirus?

How will the government manage the colossal deficit resulting from the coronavirus pandemic? And if taxes must rise in the…

Journal of the Plague Year IX – The Cloud of Unknowing

At a global level, the coronavirus pandemic is not only still with us but is intensifying. There are still major…

Welcome to the Splinternet: What it means for investors

Remember the World Wide Web? It’s over. The global internet is fracturing along the major geopolitical fault lines, writes Victor…

Britain breaks free – and wonders what to do next

Victor Hill considers why is the Johnson government finding it so difficult to articulate what Global Britain will look like,…

Time is running out for TikTok – and why that matters

TikTok is a Chinese-controlled internet portal where youngsters all over the world share hilarious videos of pets. Yet Mr Trump…

The UK Economy: How bad is it?

The UK economy contracted by over 20 percent in Q2. Yet retail sales are on the up and the UK…

SpaceX & Tesla: In Musk we trust?

Elon Musk has had a good pandemic. But is Mr Musk, like Icarus, flying too close to the sun? Victor…

The Origins of World War III

The coronavirus pandemic of 2020 has been the catalyst for a dramatic deterioration in relations between China and the USA…

Central banks to the rescue – but how long can it last?

Central banks all over the world are using monetary economics to bail out governments. This is sure to have important…