A vaccine by Christmas? Is that realistic?
One Oxford professor suggested a vaccine for Covid-19 could be available by the end of the year. Even if that…
4 years ago
Victor Hill
UK fiscal and monetary policy go viral
Monetary financing – whereby central banks buy government bonds to finance their deficits – is now common, not least in…
4 years ago
Plague Year Journal VIII – Comparative mortality
We know that some countries have fared better than others in the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. Perhaps surprisingly, some developing countries…
4 years ago
Plague Year Journal VII: Normality reformed
The question is not whether the pandemic has changed the world - but how closely the new normal will ever…
4 years ago
The office: will we miss it when it’s gone?
Victor Hill takes a look at who will be the winners and losers in the shift towards working from home.
4 years ago
2020 – The year America dumped Trump?
Back in January President Trump looked assured to win the US presidential election come November. But the coronavirus pandemic has…
4 years ago
Plague Year Journal VI: The pathology of uncertainty
We continue to learn more about the malign virus behind Covid-19. But the tension between the need to open up…
4 years ago
The economic consequences of the pandemic
Now that the lockdowns are being relaxed in most advanced countries it is time to take stock of the damage.…
4 years ago
The UK-EU Trade Talks – Why the pandemic has changed everything
The pandemic has changed the dynamic of the UK-EU trade negotiations irremediably. A no-deal outcome is not only probable but…
4 years ago
Big tech post-pandemic: the virus killers
Victor Hill takes a look at how ‘big tech’ will be omnipresent, post-pandemic, in the fight to contain and suppress…
4 years ago