Russia’s economy has contracted 4% this year I think, so the full Brexit effect is “worth” about a year and a bit of international sanctions being imposed on the UK. Something to think about. (View Post)

There’s a methodology which this professor uses which compares the UK to peer economies. I’m not saying it’s gospel, but at least there’s a methodology. Of course some people don’t believe it, they a… (View Post)

My new landlords, who own the whole brownstone and live in the bottom two floors, are Jewish and about 100 years old. In fact, the husband was born in Berlin and fled to New York by way of London jus… (View Post)

Ok whatever. My point is that nobody sensible now thinks that a pure monolithic NHS makes sense, and everyone is aware that a U.S. style “system” is a disaster too. I’m not a health economist, but as… (View Post)

Oh god, I hope this happens. It could actually cause a rupture in the space-time continuum such that Covid and Austerity and Trump and Brexit never happened. (View Post)