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The Central Bank Taboo

Donald Trump’s unprecedented attack on the chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, has been met with an equally unprecedented defence composed of Ex-Fed chairs, central bank governors, and titans of global finance. Central to this alliance’s criticism of Trump is an ominous warning of disaster to come should the Fed’s independence be violated. For example, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde emphasised the role central bank independence played as a “corner

Andres De Miguel

1 day ago5 min read

Britain's Productivity Woes Lie In Its Habitually Inefficient Management

Economic woes, largely originating in our productivity problem , underscore much British political discourse today. The productivity problem boils down to the notion that the amount of additional value generated per average UK work hour underwhelms compared to our economic peers and superiors, like France, Germany, the USA , and perhaps soon Poland . The UK has recently seen record work absence due to sickness , is consistently low on comparative worker engagement scores

Charles Cann

Jan 54 min read

Debt and Social Relations 5000 Years Later

In his Debt: The First 5000 Years , anthropologist David Graeber provides a series of insights that, when properly understood, challenge the central tenets of conventional economic thought. Most significantly, Graeber’s claim that all money is debt, and by extension a social relation, fundamentally undermines decades of economic orthodoxy which claims that the government must balance its books and, more generally, that ‘one must pay one’s debts’ . Indeed, if all money is debt

Andres De Miguel

Dec 31, 20258 min read

In Conversation With Amar Mecinović, Left Candidate For Mayor Of Skopje

On the 19th of October this year the first round of the local elections in North Macedonia were held. This country is home to one of the fastest growing left-wing parties in Europe: Levica (the Left). Since its founding ten years ago it has experienced a gradual rise in its number of elected officials. In the 2020 parliamentary elections two MPs from its ranks, including the party leader Dimitar Apasiev, took office, and in the 2024 parliamentary elections they expanded the p

Adrian Waters

Oct 31, 202514 min read