You can't compare UK government spending with US federal spending because the US is highly decentralized with a large share of government spending funded and spent at the state and local level. … (View Post)

What's new? A decent chunk of the population have always lived financially precarious or poverty stricken lives - I remember when we had four million unemployed - and we've not had a revolu… (View Post)

These occasional nuggets of pure wisdom make the hours I waste on PB worth it. (View Post)

It's the strength of the EU's export performance that has put it in Trump's sights. (View Post)

The EU's exports grew by over 50% in the ten years to 2022. (View Post)