Imagine an economy with high wages, low debt, public services which work, a short working week and free university tuition. It’s kind of the opposite to the UK, which has seen wage stagnation, growing debt, unaffordable housing and long waiting lists. How Danish Living Standards Surpassed UKWatch this video on YouTube This model economy does …
For many decades we worried about population growth. The global population soared. But, then it all started to change very quickly change. The latest UN forecasts suggest the world population is forecast to plummet in the coming decades. The world will change. By 2050, there will be more people in two African countries than the …
What can the UK Learn from the Greek Economy? Which is Worse – UK or Greece EconomyWatch this video on YouTube Which country was one of the fastest-growing European economy in the past three years? Yes, you’ve correctly guessed, it was Greece. To the north, the once mighty German economy is struggling to avoid recession, …
How QE Damaged the Economy and Housing MarketWatch this video on YouTube When we are young, we are taught money doesn’t grow on trees, but that’s not quite true, with QE the Central Bank can create as much money as it likes. And since the financial crisis, the Bank of England created £845 billion …
Canada has an abundance of natural resources. Why Canada’s Economy is Doing Worse than You RealiseWatch this video on YouTube It has the third largest known supplies of oil in the world, helping to make it the 10th largest economy in the world and top 20 GDP per capita. It benefits from close economic ties …
In the past few decades, the European economy has fallen behind. Whilst the US economy booms, Europe struggles to avoid recession. In dollar terms, in 2008, the EU was 90% the size of the US, today it is 65%. As a share of world GDP, Europe is declining, overtaken by China and in the future …
After years of delays and rising costs, HS2 has been severed. The most valuable part of the route, connecting the north to London has been cancelled leaving the least valuable section a suburb of Birmingham to a suburb of London (hopefully it will make it to Euston but no guarantee). It risks being a £50 …
Housing has never been more unaffordable. Homeownership rates are falling, rents are rising and young people are trapped by a crazy housing market. Against this backdrop, Sir Keir Starmer says he is a YIMBY – he wants to build 1.5 million new homes, even on greenbelt land and we should ignore local opposition to get …