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Apr
24
How Russia bossed the room at Bretton Woods
Earlier this week Russia essentially vetoed
[https://www.reuters.com/world/imf-steering-committee-will-skip-communique-after-russia-blocked-consensus-2022-04-21/]
the joint agreement at the IMF’s spring
8 min read
Feb
13
Jelly rolls and coking drums: a bottom-up look at batteries 🔋
I’ve spent a lot of the past few months thinking about batteries, which turn out
to be one of
9 min read
Feb
10
The thing we're trying to escape is the thing we need to help us escape
Long before he was famous for sexual misconduct, Louis CK was famous, at least
in some circles, for having given
5 min read
Nov
03
The curse of big numbers
There are many irritating things about the world of politics and economics but
perhaps the most irritating of all is
5 min read
Oct
29
Unjolly hockey sticks
Someone asked an interesting question at the Institute for Fiscal Studies’
post-Budget briefing yesterday: have we ever seen a squeeze
4 min read
Oct
26
Woods, trees and spending reviews
It’s been a long time since we’ve had a proper spending review in this country -
and by
5 min read
Oct
19
The industrial re-revolution
Economists are obsessed with the industrial revolution. And when I say obsessed
I mean obsessed.
The more economic history you
6 min read
Oct
18
Climate change: why isn't government putting its money where their mouth is?
Let’s begin with a question. How much would you say governments around the
developed world spend on research into
6 min read
Oct
13
Low skill economy? More like wrong skill economy
I was chatting to a Dutchman the other day who said if he was choosing anywhere
to live in Europe,
3 min read
Oct
12
We need more maps
Were it not for a mapping error, or rather a series of them, Christopher
Columbus might never have sailed for
11 min read