If the UK does not have access to the European single market after Brexit it will meet with a lot of serious obstacles to trade. It will not be so much of a problem for manufacturing and... Читать далее
You will often see Marx described as a moral philosopher and Marx himself identified with this label, but I would say he is best described as a political economist. Marx, like a few other... Читать далее
Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Autumn Statement maps out a new direction for post-Brexit Britain, with an emphasis on investment in infrastructure, housing, and boosting the UK’s... Читать далее
John Everard, former UK ambassador to Belarus, Uruguay and North Korea, former member of the UN Security Council’s Panel of Experts on sanctions against North Korea. Author of Only Beautiful, Please: A British Diplomat In North Korea.
How can a country as isolated and impoverished as North Korea survive in the 21st century?
I think there’s a myth that isolated countries can’t survive. That simply isn’t true. A country can survive in isolation for a very long time. To keep your country going, essentially, you... Читать далее
L’Oréal Professor of Creativity Marketing at ESCP Europe Business School, London, visiting fellow in the Department of Social Psychology, London School of Economics and Political Science
Consumerism is not coming to an end, but is undergoing significant changes, brought by the technical changes of the last decades. On the one hand, consumers are facing an increasing... Читать далее
I would suggest that this is essentially about the market power of the oil companies, and that the price will come down at some point. Essentially, the Saudis are waging a war over oil... Читать далее
You just have to look at a country with virtually no social mobility, and a great example is Brazil. Most countries have had periods of relative equality and inequality, such as the dip... Читать далее
It’s obviously doing both, but I do worry that in many digitally-infused fields the destruction happens a lot faster than creativity. Or, more to the point, the destruction gets applied... Читать далее
It depends on which Scrooge you mean – the pre-ghost Scrooge or the post-ghost Scrooge.
The answer, surprising as it may seem, is that both were right (but in different ways). Let’s take... Читать далее
Maybe once you could, but nowadays it’s much more difficult for criminologists to make predictions. We always thought we could rely on the evidence that said property crime will go up... Читать далее