Economics & Markets

A Concatenation of Crises

The new British prime minister will confront geopolitical upheaval, rampant inflation, an energy crisis, climate change and even the remote…

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…

US CPI expected to set a new 40 year high

CMC Markets' Chief Market Analyst Michael Hewson discusses increasing inflation and forex developments.

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…

Energy Trilemma or Energy Muddle?

When it comes to the energy trilemma – the three-way tradeoff between energy security, sustainability and affordability – something has…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…