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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Fifty-Six

3rd November 2024 Going Postal 2662 Comments

Monday Good morning from a dry but grotty Westminster. It looks like it’s going to rain at any moment, but the forecast is for a dry day. Today’s big question is, did the Camel actually [more…]

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Harambee! Harambee Tena!

17th October 2024 Going Postal 2590 Comments

The first ever fundraiser in Kenya took place in December 1928. It has been 96 years but we still say, Harambee!!! October 1, 2024 The year is 1926. Kenya is under colonial rule. Natives in [more…]

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Smartphones and Dance-Moves

7th August 2024 Going Postal 3871 Comments

In May, there were public discussions on the Finance Bill and although concerns were raised on taxation of essential services and other issues connected to it, public participation became a facade and concerns of taxpayers [more…]

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Kenya’s Protests Are Different This Time

18th July 2024 Going Postal 3025 Comments

On 25 June 2024, a youth-led protest primarily composed of Gen Zs, as they are popularly referred to, stormed Kenya’s parliament. Legislators voted to pass the Finance Bill 2024 in its third and last reading [more…]

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The Missing Factor in Liz Truss’ Economic Recovery Plan

19th October 2022 Patrick Barron 3956 Comments

Despite much anticipation the economic recovery plan proposed by Britain’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, is missing one key ingredient that will ensure its failure–spending cuts. The new “temporary budget” presented by her Chancellor of [more…]

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Modern Monetary Theory is an old Marxist Idea

9th March 2020 Going Postal 3793 Comments

There is nothing new under the sun Modern Monetary Theory, or “MMT”, has been getting a lot of attention lately, often celebrated as a revolutionary breakthrough. However, there is absolutely nothing new about it. The [more…]

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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…]

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Is There an Economic Justification for Tariffs?

23rd September 2019 Patrick Barron 2840 Comments

A tariff is a tax on imports that is used to satisfy a policy goal. Before the federal income tax became law in 1913, the US federal government was funded almost entirely by tariffs and [more…]

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