Tag: gdp
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Its a mear $40Trillion
The US national debt has now reached $40 trillion, the equivalent of the total debt of China, the EU, and the UK combined. This means that the national debt of 330 million people is more than the debt of almost 2 billion, and its debt-to-GDP is now 125%. Here in the UK, that ratio is…
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For one day only at the MAC: The Yawn.
On the 25th of June 2026, I attended The Future of These Islands: Preparing for Change, a shindig organised by the SDLP. Let me start by saying I went in with low expectations, and they were fully met. The crowd were largely old Humeite SDLP members who, as expected, waxed lyrical about the opening two…
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Tony Blair: Does anyone really care?
Larry, where is the champagne? Let me start with the current Prime Minister, Keir Starmer. Keir’s visionless win in 2024 was a consequence not of his great political foresight, a credible road map or a public policy agenda, but the electorate having had enough of the Tories. I agree that Corbyn tried to sell a…
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Redefining Human Flourishing.
n 1934, Simon Kuznets created the term Gross Domestic Product as a snapshot of a country’s prosperity, economic health, and output. His theory hypothesised that as the economy grows, inequality increases until a point where future growth reduces inequality. The Bank of England defines it as the total monetary value of all goods and services…
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It’s clear, Keir: Back to the day job
If the current cohort of Labour MPs have not realised that the current leader of their party is leading them to political oblivion, you have less foresight than an ostrich with its head in the sand. Starmer’s close advisors, such as McSweeney, Ingham, and Driver, are politically inept but seem to have the ability to…
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Apologies, My End-of-Year Rant 2025
Once again, another embarrassing and tragic year for our species has passed. Firstly, let us start off with the genocide in Gaza, where the death toll passed 70,000, which includes 20,000 children and not yet counted the many thousands who remain under 50,000 tonnes of rubble. We have a ceasefire where all the October 7…
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