Agree - strongly - on 2/3 of your points. But if rich folk aren't finding a way to invest productively, boosting demand via consumption is another - and legitimate - way to drive economic growth (I t… (View Post)

It's the uncertainty. Everyone knows that some politician might come along and cancel the whole thing (proven correct), so there is no point in investing in a supply chain, plant, workforce etc. Edin… (View Post)

One false assumption that people make is that money that is saved is always "productively invested". Since 2008 we've had a general story that consumption has been low and investment has be… (View Post)

The concern is that because this has become normalised (or at least, it's not as crazy as was first proposed), we've forgotten just how disruptive this is going to be to the global economy. We focus … (View Post)

I am. I'll take at least a week off for it, and I know some of the more senior people in the organisation will do the same. Going to be a funny out-of-office chain - I sense some of the more critical… (View Post)