Following growth in productivity of 0.9% in the three months to September the figure to December 2017 was 0.8% so at last the critical driver of wealth and higher wages is improving. Wages a... Read more
Many years ago I translated the following Background Report from the German journalists of german-foreign-policy, because it shows conclusively what this site and my books “Europe’s Fu... Read more
These powerful institutions give inadequate individuals positions of authority they could never have earned personally. This can quickly turn into the exploitation of power over “minors” whi... Read more
by Professor Arthur Noble Syria has become a potent symbol of US President Trump’s move towards the Neocon policies he rejected when he sought election. In November 2016 he warned that by at... Read more
In a recent fit of Russophobia Theresa May accused Russia of being an enemy seeking to undermine western values. In response Konstantin Kosachev, of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, said he... Read more