Brexit dividend discovered in Sheffield
It is proving increasingly difficult to identify the benefits Brexit might bring. Now a team of economists based in Sheffield have detected an upside in…
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A (Dis)United Kingdom after Brexit?
The UK as we know it might soon be a memory, writes Murray Ritchie. As Brexit approaches we hear ever-louder warnings that the constitutional make-up…
A well-informed choice is not a betrayal of democracy
As the need for British common sense has become more apparent in Europe, Brexit seems to have taken a heavy toll on British common sense,…
Have you got your Brexit parachute on yet?
Businesses in Leave’s north-east heartland are preparing for an EU deal that – good or bad – will have far-reaching consequences for the local economy,…
Climate of division, even in the Lucky Country
Australia was once dubbed ‘the lucky country’. The difficult and divisive issue of climate change may just have put paid to that, writes Geoff Kitney….
So, can you ignore Donald Trump?
It’s a rhetorical question, of course, but there is a context in which it is worth asking. That context is Brexit, writes Geoff Kitney. When…
Will May put country or party first?
Slowly but surely public opinion is turning against Brexit. Should we drop the whole idea or are we moving towards a second referendum on the…
Where charity stops and exploitation begins
Aid agencies and NGOs working in some of the most challenging social environments are having to face the problem of child grooming among their own…
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A workforce revolution is coming – how ready are you?
As we shift to the gig economy, many executives do not know how large their real workforces are – or how to take care of…
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Analysis: Amazon and the power of capital
On the 150th anniversary of the publication of Karl Marx’s Das Kapital, we add our energy-dissipative view of the interactions of labour and capital in…
Analysis: an Apple that just keeps on rising
Imagine Apple Inc. as a quintessentially huge machine fuelled by investment, converting labour into value and, via sales, into revenue and profit. John Egan looks beyond…
‘Consumptivity’: the heartbeat of a modern economy
At the heart of a modern economy there beats a pacemaker with a rhythm that in large part sets its productivity, its exchange rates and…
The Labour Theory of Value
In the works of 19th century political economists, the understanding of the nature of value is of major significance. The Labour Theory of Value is…
Economies on the move – but to where?
The UK economy appears to be venturing where no nation has gone before – at least in modern times. John Egan puts forward new analysis…
Tracing the path of an energy dissipative UK economy
Today saw the publication of the latest GDP figures for the UK economy. It grew 0.3 per cent over the first quarter of 2017, according…
