The obsession with Russia in the defence review is wrong. The real risk is from fascists wherever they come from, and Russia is a long way from being the only threat in that case. 

Trump wants to use tax as a weapon in international trade wars. That could backfire horribly for him.

If big tech can issue their own currencies for use around the world, what chance is there that macroeconomic control of the national economies of the world can be maintained? The threat of global meltdown is very real. 

Pension funds provide the most opaque form of investment in the UK. It's crazy that all the rules of corporate governance collapse when it comes to pension funds. We need reform now. 

Trump is not delivering greatness to America: he's delivering chaos and decline, and people are beginning to notice.

Interest rates in the UK and the USA are way too high, as a comparison with the Eurozone proves. That's because of their incompetent economic leaders.

The Labour government claims that it cannot afford to pay benefits for the elderly, children in poverty, and people with disabilities. That is nonsense. Simple economic analysis shows that these benefits pay for themselves.

The UK is a country of massive wealth inequality, with all the stress landing on those the wealthy think to be the undeserving poor, which is most of us

Uninsurable houses as a result of climate change will be a disaster for homeowners, banks, governments and the whole of society. Are we ready for the challenge?

The world's financial system depends on the dollar, and the man in charge of it is mad, bad, or both. Where are we with the management of the world's reserve currency need in that case?