A major source of our current economic malaise – now approaching the highest tax burden since records began – is the cost and impact of the Covid lockdowns, a price which must never be forgotten, says Kate Andrews.
There is an aspect of higher education that one never hears spoken – the cost of frittering away the productive working time of the young, an invisible drain on our society far larger than the direct costs of education.
Things are not going well in Germany’s bid to reach Net Zero by 2045, says Ross Clark, with the scramble to back out of green economic self-harm becoming more and more frantic as reality hits.
The striking junior doctors are demanding a 35% pay rise. It sounds like a lot, but their larger point – that the NHS is a poorly managed, bureaucratic basket case with no clue about financial incentives – is valid.
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the current wider financial crisis are a result of the economic fallout from years of lockdown policies that crippled Western economies and filled them with low-interest debt.
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank may be a very literal example of the 'Get woke, go broke' phenomenon, as reports suggest the bank was more focused on displaying its woke credentials than risk management.
Contrary to claims made by feminists, a recent study finds no evidence that women face a ‘pink tax’ when shopping for bathroom products. And don’t accuse the authors of ‘sexism’ – all three of them are women.
The economic turmoil of recent days was triggered by a budget announcement. But the root cause is high energy prices and now that the Nordstream pipelines have been sabotaged, there's no way out.
Markets have been spooked by the prospect of the severe Shanghai lockdown – now in its fourth week – being extended to Beijing as one district in the city is sealed off following a few dozen positive Covid tests.
Lockdown-loving states New York and California are among the worst overall pandemic performers while freedom-loving states Florida and South Dakota are among the best, new research by a leading US think tank has found.
