Category Archives: UK

Asset Strippers Are Preparing to Feast on Britain’s Covid-Ravaged Economy

Armed with record piles of cash, private equity firms are scouring the globe for vulnerable prey. British companies, such as Morrisons, are top of their list

The UK Is Running a Dangerous Covid Experiment That Represents a Threat to the Rest of the World

The Covid infection rates in the UK, despite higher vaccination rates than America, are a danger in and of itself and a warning to the US.

Inflation Is Not What We Need to Worry About: the Risk of Major Collapse in the Private Sector Is What Should Be Troubling Us Right Now

Inflation may have you freaked out, but there are bigger threats on the horizon.

Starbucks Launches Reusable Cup Program

Starbucks rolls out a reusable cups initiative in some markets and restarts programs suspended during the pandemic- much more is needed.

Dominic Cummings: How the UK Ignored Evidence That the Virus is Airborne

“I think we are absolutely fucked. I think this country is heading for disaster. I think we’re going to kill thousands of people.”

UK Company Law and Tax Enforcement Is So Bad It’s Almost as if the Government Wanted to Encourage Tax Abuse

UK tax scamming goes mass, abusing the contact and trace program to the tune of hundreds of millions of pounds.

Is This the Beginning of the End for Labour?

Brexit and Covid should have paved the way for a Labour romp. Instead, Labour tried to win a patriotism contest with the Tories and lost.

Michel Barnier’s Brexit Diaries Published; Stinging Take of UK Strategic and Negotiating

Barnier’s Brexit diaries confirm the notion that the UK side was not up to the task and didn’t have the self-awareness to recognize that.

EU Proposes Opening to Fully Vaccinated Non-Essential Travelers; The Catch: Proving Vaccine Status

The fully-vaccinated may soon be able to visit the EU for non-essential travel. The catch: proving one’s vaccine status.

New Malaria Vaccine Proves Highly Effective – and COVID Shows How Quickly It Could Be Deployed

One lasting benefit of the terrible COVID-19 pandemic might be a quicker route to a malaria vaccine and a safer future for children in the world’s poorest countries.

The Coronavirus Crisis Within the Economy Is Far From Over – Because Reopening Creates a Whole New Type of Risk

Whither the post-Covid economy, assuming a “post-Covid”? The answer depends at least in part on where you sit.

Why the Government Bonds Owned by the Bank of England Are Not a Debt Burden, Even When They’re Repaid

A short discussion of government bonds and what happens when a central bank holds them.

SoftBank-Funded Fintech Upstart Greensill Crashes, Carnage Ensues

Supply chain finance disuptor Greensill is undone by its own financial wizardry, putting at risk thousands of jobs in the UK, Australia and the EU. The timing could not be worse for already buckling supply chains.

Pointless Pain Is What We’re Enduring. And All for the Sake of Accepting That Money is Not a Constraint on Our Potential, and Never Will Be

Defitic hysteria, UK style, and why misunderstanding what government money is about persists.