A new star rises

One of the least financially literate people I have ever met was a friend who as a teenager accumulated an unarranged overdraft of £50 on her newly opened bank account. Having been told she must recti

Some good news for the US economy. The Federal deficit shrank for the fourth month in a row. Employment is picking up. The economy is booming. The Fox News team is comfortably convinced that when the

Donald Trump is flailing, and no wonder. He was not elected to shoot nurses or raise healthcare costs for ordinary Americans while cutting taxes for billionaires. Yet the Democratic party’s elderly, w

Snap election called: Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen (pictured) has announced a snap election for 24 March, saying the next four years are “decisive” for her country, says Paulin Kola on BBC

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paulkrugman.substack.com America’s oligarchs have orchestrated an “unprecedented power grab”, says Paul Krugman. Ever since the Supreme Court’s “Citizens United” ruling, which removed all restrictions