Economist Steve Keen talks to Phil Dobbie about the failings of the neoclassical economics and how i
With big-spending Boris gone, Britain’s new Prime Minister will almost certainly promote austerity 2
Before her plans were ripped up, the UK’s newest Prime Minister was promising growth, growth, growth
We all know money has a value, but if you are borrowing it, it also has a cost. But aside from buyin
The world is living in fear of rising inflation. Central banks are trying to combat it by pushing up
Last week Kwasi Kwarteng, the new UK Chancellor, announced a cut in taxes at the same time that the
Shadow Banks can take the blame for the 2007-8 financial crisis, packaging up mortgages and selling
It’s clear, when energy becomes short in supply, free market forces can’t look after all of society.
Liz Truss, the UK’s latest Prime Minister, has vowed to review the mandate of the Bank of England (B
Whilst the US might be struggling a bit with inflation, its nothing compared to what’s likely to hap
It seems the whole approach to global trade is being redrawn. Donald Trump wanted to do less trade w
It’s a question being asked more and more. How many of the things that we privatised should be broug
On the Why Curve podcast last week, Phil (and Roger Hearing) spoke to Daniel Gros, Director of the C
Central banks are pushing up interest rates to slow down the rate of inflation. The principle is sim
In the UK petrol cars emit 128g of CO2 per kilometre. In the US they drive bigger cars, for longer,
As inflation grows around the world the US dollar enjoying multi-decade highs. To an extent, that’s
When British Prime Minister Theresa May said there was no magic money tree she was wrong. There is,
Inflation is rising everywhere as supply chains hit prices in the shops and at the fuel bowsers. Cen
When COVID has gone and the war is over, will we return to the patterns of international trade we we
Conspiracy theorists are out there claiming that unelected representatives are holding power, using
Central banks the world over are busy lifting interest rates and, at the same time, engaging in
