“Keep your eye on one thing and one thing only”

All government spending must be paid for somehow. Whether we’re taxed, indebted or inflated away matters less than you might think. But who’d cut spending?

The Great Divergence and Why Fear is the Real Bubble

Stripe co-founder Patrick Collison just shared data that says more about the global economy than any politician ever could. Since mid-2023, U.S. startups — even outside of AI — have dramatically outpaced their UK and European peers. The reason? Faster adoption of transformative tech like AI and stablecoins.

Can the UK economy still be saved from its government debt?

Rachel Reeves is discovering that tax revenue is not a knob you can dial up and down. Taxpayers are fickle things. Tax them too much and they play dead.