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Artificial intelligence won’t destroy your job, just look at Octopus Energy’s use of AI
There is growing concern about the potential power of AI to develop itself and to dominate humanity. Elon Musk was
Starmer is right, we need to give up on the cult of a university education for all
Labour leader Keir Starmer came under fire for his recent reverse ferret on abolishing university tuition fees. Some see it
The Bank of England needs trade unionists and social scientists to stop groupthink
The Bank of England’s persistent failure to meet its inflation target over a long period of time is a matter
Monopolies hire too many pointless managers and kill off productivity growth
The need to increase productivity is of fundamental importance to the political economy of the Western democracies. As I’ve written,
Our ailing productivity is workers’ payback to the greed of bankers after the 2008 crash
The self-destruct mission led by the SNP has helped the Labour party to be seen as firm favourites to win
From international trade to interest rates, macroeconomics is in yet another tail spin
Fifty years ago, the Euro area accounted for 30 per cent of the world’s economy. Since then, there has been
Yes, money can buy happiness and our well-being doesn’t plateau as we get richer
Does money buy happiness? The question is a perennial one. From ancient times we have the cautionary tale of King Midas,
Our struggle with illegal immigration will be nothing compared to in 10 years time
Across the political spectrum, the number of small boats crossing the Channel has occupied a huge slice of our collective
A post-mortem of pandemic-era lockdowns expose a dangerous disregard for scepticism
Like most people, the revelations from the leaked WhatsApps of government ministers during the pandemic have left me with a
Our regulators are too close to those they should be regulating – and this is a problem
Late last week, news slipped out that the Treasury had asked Parliament to authorise up to £200bn to cover losses
Sports clubs defy the normal rules of markets and won’t bend to a football watchdog
As a native of the town of Rochdale, I follow the fortunes of Rochdale Association Football Club. I am indeed,
The race for AI-powered search engines is a long war and ChatGPT could easily lose
The AI chatbot ChatGPT has taken the world by storm – and for once, the hyperbole is justified. Tens of
Poor educational outcomes for today’s children could create a future wave of crime
During the pandemic, those most at risk of illness were the elderly and the vulnerable. But it was Britain’s youngest
Even in the middle of the war, we need to plan how to rebuild – and fund – Ukraine
The war in Ukraine is approaching its one year anniversary, and even now, there is little sense of when it
Rishi Sunak’s strategy of quiet governance won’t deliver an election victory
One of the prayers in the 1662 Anglican Prayer Book entreats that we be “godly and quietly governed”. In other
A miniscule bit of growth last November is unlikely to save us from a recession this year
In November last year, the economy grew by 0.1 per cent, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) last
Sunak is right. If more Brits could do maths our economy might just start growing again
According to Rishi Sunak, everyone up to the age of 18 should be learning maths. It was an idea widely
China’s zero-Covid policy must be a cautionary tale for the UK
As we greet the new year with the hope of more serene times ahead, some might do it with a
This Christmas, let’s all reconsider how we think about innovation, jobs and wages
There is still time to have a last minute Christmas present delivered. No, of course not by Royal Mail; but
If we concede to the unions, Britain will find itself in a dizzying wage-price spiral
A wage price spiral. We have not experienced one for so long that for most people the phrase might just
