BBC’s continuing learning curve…

This is an item from the twitter feed of Andy Verity, BBC Economics correspondent, about housing and how he thinks the market is overheating: Andy Verity@andyverity·31mThe official forecaster the Office for Budget Responsibility has warned about the effect on government finances of a rise in interest rates. Never mind them (they can always ‘print’ money… Read more

Hyperinflation – an attempt to buy yourself out of a previous currency collapse

I stumbled across this lovely explanation of the ‘hyperinflation’ – in this case in Zimbabwe. The article by outlining the years of disasters that led up to it, shows clearly that hyperinflation is not ’caused’ by printing money. It concludes: “Hyperinflation” is a kindergarten concept of currency collapse. Calling a currency collapse “hyperinflation” is like… Read more

Every village, every hour

There is an excellent and intriguing report just released from the Council for the Preservation for Rural England (CPRE) entitled ‘A comprehensive bus network for rural England.’ It is relatively short but full of information and decent recommendations and well worth a read if you are interested. Rural transport is, I had thought, a seemingly… Read more

Is Sadopopulism actually the Tory Manifesto?

Although this talk goes back to 2017 I’ve never encountered Timothy Snyder before. I fear I probably should have. His concept of not just Populism but ‘Sadopopulism’ needs more attention. As an American his 12 minute ‘lecture’ is US orientated, but is also very relevant to Brexit and our current government. I’ve summarised it below… Read more