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How to put a Value on Gold vs Bitcoin
The price of gold has fallen sharply. Is it really worth less then before? How should we value gold? In…
What is a Digital Currency?
There is much talk about Digital Currencies, but what are they and why do we want them? Last week, the…
Tom Watson’s attack on Free Markets
New Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Tom Watson, had some comments to make about free markets As we in…
Three Steps to Corbyn
By Saturday this frivolous post might be irrelevant. But if Jeremy Corbyn wins Labour's leadership election; ...listen, and you will…
5 things to know about Corbynomics
A word we keep seeing this summer is Corbynomics. What does it mean? As has been the case since Reaganomics…
What is Neoliberalism?
Everybody seems to be talking about it, so what is it? Rather than try to explain what I think it…
Wish You Were Here – 40 years on
In September 1975, Pink Floyd released the album Wish You Were Here, featuring the title track and the prog classic…
UK Reports Record Immigration
Figures released yesterday show UK immigration at a record high Net immigration hit 330,000 in the year to March 2015.…
Diamonds – A Best Friend or just Crazy?
Diamonds are forever, as the song goes. And that's kind of true. But does that make their case for investment…
Crime and Punishment in the Financial Sector
With the news that Tom Hayes has been sentenced to 14 years in prison, what does this tell us about…