Talking of four years being a long time, in Guardianista economics, fifteen months is apparently even longer. 108 lefty economists prophesied disaster for Javier Milei in the Guardian in November 202… (View Post)

I think we're further away from civil conflict now than we were in the period 2016-19, when the refusal or inability of a large part of the political class to implement the results of the larges… (View Post)

Hmm. Could be anybody who cares about the economy or standards in public life. Or just enjoys causing trouble. So only about 69 million suspects. (View Post)

That's possible, but I'm not sure that rational policy analysis and statistics matters as much as it used to in today's outrage-fuelled, single-opinion social media echo chambers. And … (View Post)

Which European allies do you mean - Victor Orban and Fiso in Slovakia who are even more pro-Putin than Trump? Or the likely next President of France, Marine Le Pen? Or the French and Germans who trie… (View Post)