It is wholly true that GDP is not the measure of everything - Simon Kuznets, who invented the concept, pointed that out.

Marx’s original thesis of the Sociology of Knowledge argues that ideologies (religion, philosophy, law, etc.) are not neutral or ‘objective,’ but instead reflect the material interests and class positions of those who produce them. Marx

China is urging its electric vehicle industry to stop cutting prices and rein in production amid fears that persistent deflation is imperilling economic growth.

The case for a "dissolution of the universities," modelled metaphorically on Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries, rests on several systemic failures in modern higher education.

Mr. Byrne - yea he of “There’s no money left” - is pondering (in committee and therefore ponderously) why the British financial markets don’t fund British business.

It’s not just millionaires who are leaving the UK in droves, an ASI-commissioned poll shows that up to a third of young people are considering moving away, or actively preparing to do so.

You wish to do that then you go right ahead. We are, after all, believers in those free market things around here.

Gibbon's Law: the definition of "basic needs" expands to maintain a fixed level of commie-posting

As ever the British left isn’t understanding what’s put in front of them in plain language. The message from Klein and Thompson is that there’s a reason the US is not as rich as it could be.

Today sees tuition fees rise to £9,535, up by a lowly £285 since 2017. This is a state-sponsored steal from universities. Since tuition fees were introduced and frozen in 1997, following the Dearing Report’s conclusion, they were capped at £1,000 (£1,975 in real terms). This rose over the years to their stand-still in 2017 at £9,250.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is looking for an economic advisor, as Alan Walters was to Margaret Thatcher. Madsen Pirie would be a good choice.

Well, this is bad:

A Delta Airlines employee is accused of using a child’s iPad to record pornographic images of himself that were uploaded to the cloud.