Tag: politics
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Blaming “the market” is a cop-out. Fiscal policy Is killing Britain’s high streets
The reflexive claim that business closures are simply the result of an “inability to react to a changing marketplace” has become the lazy orthodoxy of modern economic commentary. It sounds sensible, even virtuous, but it collapses under the slightest scrutiny. Markets do not change in isolation. They are shaped, constrained and frequently distorted by government…
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How 2025 may pan out
Right now, there are two potential outcomes of Trump’s tariff bombshell. Setting aside Keir Starmer’s pledge today that he will ensure the UK is protected and, therefore, that the complete opposite is guaranteed to happen, here are two scenarios both of which are equally likely. 2025 in review: scenario A. Trump’s protectionist gamble triggered global…
Bill Lumley 