Economy

When Confidence Is Mistaken for Capability

Why do fools so often rise to the top? Watching the war in the Middle East, one question keeps coming back to me. How do people like Donald Trump and the band of simplistic voices around him manage to reach the very top of power? At first glance it feels baffling. But then you realise […]

Privatisation Feels Like Relief — But What Are We Really Fixing?

PIA, Privatisation, and the Limits of Market Solutions. I try to stay away from current affairs. Not out of indifference, but an awareness of my own limited capacity to fully understand them. These issues are complex, facts evolve, and certainty often arrives long after opinions have hardened. So I usually have more questions than answers! […]