Get ready for Warflation
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Get ready for Warflation
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"The whole planet poorer"...except for the oil producers, arms producers and the gamers playing stock exchanges...the rest of us can go f*ck ourselves.
Energy price spikes can be catastrophic because they limit the amount the global economy is able to produce. They make the whole planet poorer.
And the default response from central banks – raise interest rates – only makes the situation worse.
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The war will lead to rising prices for essentials like energy and food. Rising inflation will mean higher interest rates. Uncertainy will constrain trade and investment.
Eventually, overzealous markets will come crashing down - and contagion will spread.
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"The trade war, the affordability crisis, the Epstein files – all these issues made Trump look weak.
And he has responded with grotesque displays of violence and domination, in a desperate attempt to restore his strongman image."
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A great essay.
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Another excellent Substack from Grace. A better world is possible…
The Greens are offering a different kind of politics – one that offers a sense of solidarity, camaraderie, and agency in an age of individualism.
Contests like this don’t just give us hope. They make us feel we’re part of something bigger than ourselves.
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Firms aren’t hiring because they’re scared for the future - the same reason they stop hiring during an economic downturn.
The figures say we're not in a downturn.
But what if we’re missing the recession signals in the AI noise?
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This week's podcast looks at the student loans crisis and the dynamics of the K-shaped recovery.
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Boomers grew rich as their economies were financialised, turning them into 'mini capitalists' who cared more about asset prices than wages.
But the financial boom that made them wealthy was a one-off - and the next generation will never catch up.
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de #statushouder mythe van Mona Keijzer als de zogenaamde oorzaak van de #wooncrisis.
The student loans crisis is a sign of the economic times.
A rift is emerging between what people expected their lives to look like, and the reality of life in a stagnating economy.
Will they blame themselves, or the system that's failed them?
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Palantir, a US spy-tech firm, has been given access to millions of NHS patient records.
Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'.
Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.
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Around 6.6 million people – roughly 10% of UK adults – use credit cards to pay everyday bills like groceries and utilities, which is a sign of strain but far below 50%.
StepChange shows around 24% of UK adults used some form of credit for essentials recently, including overdrafts and other credit.
Another episode The Roundup, is now available on Substack and Patreon!
This week's episode looks at the fall of Starmerism; the UK's poverty crisis; and the point of no return for the earth's climate.
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More than half of borrowers now use credit cards just to pay for essentials.
With credit card interest rates around 20%, debt becomes a mechanism of redistribution: money flows from workers to banks simply so households can afford food, rent and utilities.
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A £240m defence contract without tender.
Their fingerprints all over our health care data.
A meeting in the USA but without any minutes.
Everything around Palantir stinks.
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Keir Starmer and the Purge That Devoured Its Architects
The same shameless tactics that Starmer used to purge the UK's left are now destroying his project from within, @graceblakeley.substack.com writes.
Read:
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Once the enemy [the Left] had been defeated, his coalition lost its unifying purpose... Starmer’s team began using their well-worn anti-left tactics against each other – each believing that *they* would never be the victim. - @graceblakeley.substack.com
Starmerism wasn't about winning elections
It was about destroying the Labour left-with it, any hope of a socialist govt running one of the world’s largest economies
But tactics required for the success of such a project- stealth, deception, ruthlessness-are now helping to bring about its collapse
“The same shameless tactics that Keir Starmer used to purge the UK's left are now destroying his project from within.”
@graceblakeley.substack.com on the departure of PM Starmer’s chief of staff and how it has exposed the party’s deception:
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The departure of Morgan McSweeney exposes Starmerism for what it is: a political project built on deception, created by people guided only by an insatiable desire for power, and a belief in their own invulnerability.
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GDP growth is being held up by AI investment and the consumption of the very rich.
But for the average American, things aren’t looking good.
And if no one has a job, how are they going to afford their $20 per month OpenAI subscription? substack.com/home/post/p-...
6.8 million people in the UK living in very deep poverty.
WTF
Politicians tell us they can fix poverty with economic growth, or labour market reforms, or easy money.
But all of these fixes just obscure the fact that the poverty of those at the bottom is a direct consequence of the wealth of those at the top. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-uk-is-...