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Author Archives: Stephen Shellard
Saving the union: A job for a superhero? Nah — there could be a fix, but is it really worth the bother?
Having “done Brexit”, the intervention of the pandemic has deflected Boris Johnston from what might be his second great project, securing the Union of the United Kingdom. The early signs are, that his political vision falls a long way short of … Continue reading
Posted in Other Constitutional discussion
Tagged "United Kingdom", electoral reform, FPTP, PR, Scottish Independence
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Government borrowing and the sins of the fathers
According to Michael Snyder, commenting in 2010 on the scale of US Government borrowing: We have sold our children and our grandchildren into perpetual debt slavery.[1] Government borrowing now, as a response to the pandemic is a staggering figure, significantly … Continue reading
People Fixing the World … with a doughnut?
I have recently started to include in my regular podcast diet, a programme with the optimistic title, People Fixing the World. Recent episodes have included: Riding the solar railway, on how to make train journeys greener using the power of … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged "dougnut economics", "People Fixing the World", "The Deficit Myth", Keynes, MMT
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Freedom and the Tiger which must be Tamed
Freedom’s Just another word for nothing left to lose. This line from Kris Kristofferson’s 1969 song, Me and Bobby McGee, offers a memorable, if somewhat world-weary stab, at defining freedom, and then adds the further, deadpan qualification: … nothin’ … Continue reading
The Nanny State, the Demon Food Industry and the Neglected Ectomorph
Perhaps under the influence of his brush with the more extreme end of Covid 19, our Prime Minister has decided that the health of the nation requires attention. Plans are afoot to to launch [a] major new anti-obesity strategy in … Continue reading
Posted in In the time of coronavirus, Misc
Tagged diet, ectomorph, inflammation, low carb
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André Leon Talley
I have never really taken much interest in the world of high fashion, and indeed had never heard of André Leon Talley, formerly director of American Vogue magazine, until I listened to this Hardtalk interview with Steven Sackur. Wow! This … Continue reading
Studying Keynes is more important than ever…
Studying Keynes is more important than ever This podcast, an interview with Zachary Carter, author of The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes, focuses on the theme of my previous post on Boris Johnson’s … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, In the time of coronavirus
Tagged "Zachary Carter", Economics, Keynes, Roosevelt
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Can Boris Embrace his Keynesian Destiny?
Boris Johnson has, in an interview given to Times Radio on its first day of broadcasting, made a commitment to a Rooseveltian approach to the UK. This is a striking endorsement of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal, which was to … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Economics, In the time of coronavirus
Tagged "Gold Standard", "New Deal", "Treaty of Versailles", Bancor, Keynes, Roosevelt
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Broadcasts, webcasts and podcasts
It was in the Autumn of 1972, that I bought my first radio. I had taken leave of my parental home in Newry, Co.Down and by boat and train had been cast adrift into a new life, installed in a … Continue reading
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Science and nonsense: diet, viruses and vaccines
I was recently told a story about a medical professional who, whilst explaining the benefits he was experiencing from a “low carb” diet, disclosed that it was his intention not to take the coronavirus vaccine; he was “…not going to … Continue reading →