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Where are we now? – A festive Summary

27th December 2019 Emile Woolf 6773 Comments

There were dire warnings….. Over and over, we heard it. We heard it from the great and good, all authoritative sources with impeccable credentials. Carney at the Bank of England, Chancellors of the Exchequer (present [more…]

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Conservatives

Today’s Election – What it’s Really About

12th December 2019 Emile Woolf 2518 Comments

The looming election appears patently divisive.  But it isn’t the election itself that’s doing it. The division arises from the starkness of choice confronting the nation. The very word “di-vision” almost evokes a condition of [more…]

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Business

Campaign promises, and a dose of reality

2nd December 2019 Emile Woolf 2165 Comments

As my regular readers know, most of my essays are forays into challenging economic issues. They reflect my own attempts to gain an understanding of their underlying principles. But there’s a lot riding on the [more…]

18th Century

Are the aims of nationalism and protectionism the same?

18th November 2019 Emile Woolf 2004 Comments

The ideology of “nationalism” is characterised by the unstinting promotion of a particular nation’s interests, possibly regardless of detriment caused to the interests of other nations. Nationalism may therefore be considered a form of patriotism, [more…]

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Business

The Gulf Between Rich & Poor

5th November 2019 Emile Woolf 2497 Comments

We are well into the protest season. The long run-up to the election period has been characterised by one protest after another – no-deal Brexit, climate change, arms sales, Tommy Robinson, police brutality, capitalism, Trump’s [more…]

Economics

Understanding economics needs a solid base

28th October 2019 Emile Woolf 5146 Comments

Economics is a set of principles that explain how our various needs and wants may be satisfied. The Greek origin of the word “economics” can be roughly, but aptly, translated as “good housekeeping”, and any [more…]

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Business

Every Folly Has Its Consequences

7th October 2019 Emile Woolf 2496 Comments

The great Spanish master, Francisco Goya, expressed it concisely: “The sleep of reason produces monsters”. Today, wherever you look, insanity masquerades as rational thought. Lunatics flout their blatantly potty views as if they carried the [more…]

America

Keeping Economics Simple

23rd September 2019 Emile Woolf 2950 Comments

The US Department of Defence is a major customer of many private sector suppliers, including the Boeing Company. Although relationships between customer and supplier are mutually beneficial, that is by no means the only reason [more…]

Economics

We Are Presented With A Unique Opportunity

9th September 2019 Emile Woolf 6216 Comments

There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a [more…]

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