UK & Irish tax & govt. spending: a real drag. An explanation of the the USA - Russia bromance

Could anybody get elected in Ireland on a platform of fiscal restraint? Reeves last budget?

Ukraine is sold out by America. The weird connections between Hobbits, right-wing nutjobs and Moscow.

Nationalism: where does it come from? The glue that binds us or the poison that kills us?

Ireland gets a new Finance Minister - possibly not the best one available. Trump opens some files.

Another Liz Truss moment for the UK? Clown car government in full view

Trump's superpower: is inflation about to play the role of Kryptonite?

Musk's trillion $ wages. AI: boundless possibilities or extinction level event?

Does money drive us mad? Discuss. The madness of UK economic policy.

Do tech billionaires have anything to say about how to run the country? They do, but are they worth listening to?

Irish economy shrinks....but is up double digits. Keir Starmer: MIA. All the latest data.

Economic growth: it's more mysterious, more fragile and more unusual than you can possibly imagine

AI is everywhere apart from the data. Trump crowns himself and dumps on Americans.

Will boredom rather than Trump scupper Ireland's success? Latest data. House prices again.

China is winning. The next industrial revolution will be just like first: based on cheap energy.

Why the next bust is going to be particularly nasty. What would a business-friendly budget look like?

Budget 2026. And a bit on current market madness

France is broken. Britain is broken. Ireland is not. So stop trying to fix it

The evils of social media & the internet's 'enshittification'. The great AI Bubble: when will it burst?

Dishonest tax policy on both sides of the Irish sea. Green is good economics.