Sharks are eating the whales - Mint Magazine
Sharks are eating the whales – The Mint MagazineThe Mint Magazine Published by Promoting Economic PluralismAlexander Kozul-Wright
Alex Kozul-Wright
The UK’s new minimum wage ‘badly needed’ but many calling for more - Al Jazeera
The UK’s new minimum wage ‘badly needed’ but many calling for moreUK’s new legal minimum wage gets a 9.8 percent rise, the highest boost since 2001. But with inflation, it’s not enough.Al JazeeraAlexander Kozul-Wright
First 100 days: Milei falters on shock therapy for Argentina's economy
First 100 days: Milei falters on shock therapy for Argentina’s economyMilei is struggling to overcome hostile lawmakers to enact his radical austerity agenda even as social tensions rise.Al JazeeraAlexander Kozul-Wright
As Putin eyes sure reelection, Russia’s economy defies sanctions, critics - Al Jazeera
As Putin eyes sure reelection, Russia’s economy defies sanctions, criticsRussian president’s all but guaranteed fifth term in power comes as economy has outperformed expectations.Al JazeeraAlexander Kozul-Wright
Ravenous – Henry Dimbleby, Profile Books (2023)
Occasionally, economists come up with good ideas. A ‘policy trilemma’ states that, at any given time, governments can only achieve two of three competing goals. Owing to mutual exclusivity, one of the sovereign’s aims must be dropped.
The UK is currently facing a policy trilemma – to make food cheaply
Year of the Dragon: China faces critical moment in push to revive economy - Al Jazeera
Year of the Dragon: China faces critical moment in push to revive economyAnalysts say Beijing needs to roll out measures to stimulate greater domestic consumption amid slowing growth.Al JazeeraAlexander Kozul-Wright
The Invention of Nature, Andrea Wulf, John Murray Publishers (2015)
As its name suggests, The Invention of Nature is a puzzling book. Nature isn’t invented, it just is. Not quite, according to Andrea Wulf. She contends that the idea of nature was conceived by the pre-eminent Prussian polymath Alexander Von Humboldt (1769-1859).
Though obsessed with scientific measurement, Humboldt bolted