Japan Enters a New Corporate Age
Coverage of Japanese companies, such as 7-Eleven and FujiSoft , is a welcome sight. It signals renewed optimism from investors and...
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Foteini Garyfallidou
Nov 194 min read
Slowing Down to Move Forward - China’s Struggle with its Ageing Population
Birth rates are dropping, populations are shrinking, and concerns are growing over who will support ageing generations. This issue is...
Andres De Miguel
Nov 154 min read
Local Government and Britain’s Far Right
The UK’s national elections in July stood as a largely muted continuation of the country’s amicable political process. Power was...
Nathaniel Delo
Nov 43 min read
The Monarchy’s Demise is Not Inevitable. A British Republic Would be a Bad Thing.
Such is the inability of the anti-monarchist campaign group ‘Republic’ to understand data, or the United Kingdom’s constitution, that...
Luke Goddard
Nov 34 min read
Why Greater Devolution is the Solution to England’s Problems
The Blair government’s decision to create national parliaments in Scotland and Wales dramatically altered the British constitutional...
Abhay Venkitaraman
Nov 24 min read
The Government’s Bus Fare Cap Rise is a Step in the Wrong Direction
Beyond the minutiae of policy announcements and elaborate charts, Budgets represent much more. They provide an opportunity for...
Devin O'Sullivan
Nov 14 min read
BRICS and the Rapidly Shifting Balance of Power
As the global balance of power continues to shift at lightning speed in 2024, the recent BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, presents another...
Abhay Venkitaraman
Oct 294 min read
The US Dockworkers’ Strike Exemplifies a Broken American Political Economy
Many Americans heaved a sigh of relief earlier this month, after the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), a union...
Jack Rowlett
Oct 244 min read
Javier Milei’s Chainsaw Politics Is Just More Of The Same For Argentina
In Argentine politics, the script is grimly predictable. A populist leader sweeps into power, inflation bites at real wages, and living...
Awadallah Abdalla
Oct 233 min read
Labour’s VAT on Private Schools: A Necessary Measure or the Politics of Envy?
On the 13th of June, Labour launched their manifesto. Alongside core pledges such as the launch of Great British Energy (GB Energy), was...
Louis Gilmore
Oct 173 min read
The Battle for Korea Zinc
We are all too familiar with family feuds. If you grew up playing sports, you may be familiar with feuding with a competitor. It begins...
Harry Ollington
Oct 154 min read
The EU is Leading and Brexit Britain Must Follow
The EU has taken a decision to impose new and extreme tariffs on electric vehicles made in China. EU members backed a plan to increase...
Nathaniel Delo
Oct 123 min read
Could Labour be More Contradictory, or Wrong, on the Economy?
They really did take us for fools. Labour have lied to millions of voters (albeit to millions of voters less than in 2017 and 2019), as...
Dan Sillett
Oct 114 min read
Are Labour Going to Increase Taxes?
With only two months left of 2024, Spotify Wrapped is just around the corner. I wonder what Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ top song...
Charles Amos
Oct 103 min read
With the winter fuel allowance gone, Reeves should abolish free bus passes next
Ending the winter fuel allowance for pensioners has proved to be a very unpopular decision. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is right to have...
Jokin de Carlos Sola
Oct 96 min read
British parochialism and the true Europe - a response to Ethan Harvey
One of the key elements of British conservative intellectuals and policymakers is their lack of understanding of European political...
Andres De Miguel
Oct 83 min read
Plasters for Severed Legs: A Guide to Britain’s Political Economy
‘ Change ’ cried Starmer at his post-election acceptance speech, as the country tentatively awaited the new government’s solutions for an...
Beatrice Learmouth
Oct 13 min read
A match made in heaven? How dating apps are contributing to income inequality
How couples meet has fundamentally changed over the past 10 years with the advent of online dating. In 1998, roughly 2% of couples met...
Andres De Miguel
Sep 304 min read
Why and Where the Youth Vote Far-Right
The stereotypical cultural ideal of a right-wing voter resembles that of an individual susceptible to fear of change, and who internalise...
Ethan Harvey
Sep 295 min read
Draghi's miserable myopia
In its quest to integrate countries across Europe, the European Union has reached a critical juncture. Its future as a regional...
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