Canada has just taken the bold step of legalising recreational cannabis – making it the largest country in the world with … Continue reading “Britain should follow the example of North America and say, “Yes we cannabis!””

2016 was the year traditional allegiances scrambled, on both sides of the Pond. The year Brexit and the election of … Continue reading “Review: ‘Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World’, by Adam Tooze”

David Lewis is ramping up a food fight of epic proportions. The chief executive of Tesco has launched a spin-off chain of … Continue reading “A price war is the opposite of a trade war – and consumers will be the winners”

Last week, Donald Trump and Jean-Claude Juncker jointly announced a deal to resolve the developing trade war cause by US … Continue reading “The Significance of the Trump/Juncker Deal”

…continued from Part 2   China’s Drive for National and Global “Greatness” In the case of China, President Xi Jinping … Continue reading “Tariff walls and trade wars equal government planning (Part 3)”

Trade wars are dangerous and harmful policies for governments to pursue. They hurt consumers due to higher prices and fewer … Continue reading “Tariff walls and trade wars equal government planning (Part 1)”

What happens when a US President uses his bully pulpit to threaten individual companies? Forget Donald Trump’s escalation of a … Continue reading “Donald Trump’s war with Amazon will deepen the swamp”

It is not so much what Donald Trump did, but the way he justified doing it, that has got trade … Continue reading “US-EU trade wars: don’t respond to self-harm with self-harm”

The launches of the Conservative manifesto and Donald Trump’s first budget could not have been more different in tone. Theresa … Continue reading “Fiscal restraint is dead – on both sides of the Pond”