Category Archives: budget

This Crisis

Posted on November 10, 2014 by

Across the industrialised world we face a set of problems, that are destined to be the problems of all people across the whole world. The affordability of the social-democratic State is in question, particularly in a low growth and resource … Continue reading →

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Service, not material, is the basis of human groups

Posted on September 23, 2014 by

Human society, as it is currently configured, is unaffordable. Why? Because service, not material, is the true basis of human groups. Membership of a group costs every individual member of the group a little something, an intangible, and not the same … Continue reading →

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Crisis of Living Cost

Posted on May 19, 2014 by

It’s not unreasonable to define the crisis we are in as a ‘cost of living crisis’. It costs too much to live an ordinary life: it costs too much money, it costs too much freedom, and it costs too much planet. … Continue reading →

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UK policy: trapped behind the yield curve

Posted on February 27, 2014 by

If you want to understand why all of the major UK political parties are committing to essentially the same fiscal strategy, i.e. reducing borrowing to zero by the end of the next parliament, then you’re going to have to understand … Continue reading →

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Why WellFair Works Fair

Posted on February 26, 2014 by

The welfare debate has become confused and poisonous. We are firmly in the territory of “deserving” versus “undeserving” poor, when the real issue is affordability. As all advanced societies start to grapple with the challenge of how to run a … Continue reading →

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Common sense for Proper Change

Posted on October 30, 2013 by

It may not feel like it right now, but we are in desperate straits, and in need of radical change if we are to maintain the society that we have built over the last 300 years. Britons deserve the right … Continue reading →

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We have to solve the real problems

Posted on September 15, 2013 by

The real problem is that we are not running a working system. Not economically or financially. Not socially. Not environmentally. Economically we are not balancing our books, and using debt to plug the gap. And we are paying millions of people … Continue reading →

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Dependency & Tax

Posted on August 16, 2013 by

There is a direct link between dependency ratios and tax rates, and this limits the extent to which a mature human society can be capitalist or commercially-dominant. First of all, let’s assume that the total activity necessary to support an … Continue reading →

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Math problems for the status quo

Posted on June 24, 2013 by

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) released a report today on the state of the world economy and national budgets. It makes for pretty dire reading – especially if you think we are already suffering under unbearable austerity. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23028023 Bottom line: … Continue reading →

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