They are not unconventional policies economically. But they are staggeringly unusual politically in the democratic world today. Since 2007, Brownite/Johnsonite populist tax and spend has been far mor… (View Post)

Milei doesn't have much in common with Trump, whatever he likes to claim. Trump is staggeringly corrupt by any standards, completely ignorant of economics or much else and utterly uninterested i… (View Post)

Not everywhere. It seems to have risen substantially in Argentina over the last year. I wonder why ...? (View Post)

That reminds me of something I saw back in 2010. I was on a train going to Birmingham on business and sitting quietly working and minding my own business in the Quiet Compartment. In barged the Deput… (View Post)

In fact, the Commonwealth is 99 years old - it was established by the Balfour Declaration (no, not that one - apparently there were two) at the 1926 Imperial Conference. So its centenary is next year… (View Post)