If capitalism is to blame for everything and the COVID-19 pandemic caused a wave of what Schumpeter prophesied as ‘creative destruction’ then the world must be on a path to utopia. Yet the empty retail spaces left as evidence for…

Barbados has decided to remove the Queen as its head of state and become a republic by the end of 2021. No revolution, just a declaration from Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, as a step towards sovereignty to celebrate their…

Happiness. Everyone wants to know the secret formula. When I began writing about wellbeing budgets increasing happiness and wellbeing, I focused on how the biggest NATO spenders were often the unhappiest. NATO seemed the first place to free up funds for better…

If being in the EU was the cause of all Britain’s woes, with Brexit done, one can expect things to be pretty perfect anytime soon. In the unlikely event that all problems don’t suddenly vanish, perhaps it is electoral reform…

Is independent another word for invisible? One might assume so, standing as an Independent candidate in the General Election. In an email near election day, the ‘journalist’ from the local paper admits that even though I would raise the calibre…