I wrote/am writing a blog, on Starmer’s “New Chapter” speech which led me to source some facts and opinions. Here are my notes. Continue reading “Starmer, a new chapter”
Starmer, a new chapter
Category: Economics
Brexit, Month One
The post brexit deal, one month on. It’s not going well, both trade, which is down, some say by 68%, due to the economic consequences of non-tariff barriers to entry, mainly paper work, and the consequences of agreeing a border in the Irish Sea are placing massive strains on the Good Friday agreement. Here are some notes. Continue reading “Brexit, Month One”
TPP Mk II
While in Europe we were busy campaigning about TTIP and its ISDS clauses, the Obama administration were trying the same trick on their other coast, then called the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Trump pulled out, but the remaining countries completed the treaty, now renamed, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership with a modified a more limited ISDS and intellectual property clauses. The British Govt. have applied to join to the applause of Lord Hannan, an ex MEP and so I think we need to understand the ISDS & IPR clauses, and the direction of travel. If the US decide to rejoin, they will probably seek to ‘improve’ the ISDS and IPR chapters. We should note it has a Commission. Here as ever are my notes. Continue reading “TPP Mk II”
Duesenbury’s ratchet theorem
I came across this a long time ago, while studying for my a-levels, so thank you Mr Sidemouth, but I have not heard much about him since. While considering the Tories attempts to reduce the penurious universal credit payments, and my own experiences as I move into retirement I am reminded of the ratchet. Here are my notes … Continue reading “Duesenbury’s ratchet theorem”
Brexit & the City
It is well understood that the post brexit trade deal excludes services including financial services, what does this mean? Here are my notes, which I converted into a piece on linkedin … Continue reading “Brexit & the City”
History of Economics
While writing my piece on David Graeber’s stuff, I went to look for more on recent moneterism; here are my notes … Continue reading “History of Economics”
Technical Debt
When I first heard the phrase “Technical Debt”, I nearly fell of my chair, but recently, a couple of articles have passed me by and I thought I’d have look and think about if it helps address the intractable problem of maintaining legacy technology, but particularly applications code. The problem is that to make changes, one often has to amend code that’s already in use. This increases the cost of the project. The increase in cost to new projects is part of the “Technical Debt”, however, it’s basically a metaphor. Is the problem one that financial management tools, can be used to improve the understanding of? Does this apply better to code that one has development rights to, rather than packages or infrastructure? Here as every are my notes and links. Continue reading “Technical Debt”
David Graeber and money
I decided to write a meta review of two articles by David Graeber, which complicated. This was about Flying Cars … and “Against Economics”, the latter requiring some reading, primarily about monetary theory. Here are my links and notes. … Continue reading “David Graeber and money”
Dead artists work & copyright
I am conducting a project about Monet’s Four Trees and came across a digital version of the painting at Wikipedia. What fascinated me is that they claim the digital image is public domain. Continue reading “Dead artists work & copyright”
Steemit
It promised a social network where writers were paid for content, it wasn’t to be. Was its failure baked into its conception, or did it do what its creators wanted? Here are my notes … Continue reading “Steemit”
Flying Cars and the future techno economy
I have been influenced by David Graeber’s article/essay, “Of Flying Cars and the declining rate of profit”, which I need to read again. I posted, in 2017, a storify thing, after reading it which contains a bunch of notes from it and other references related to the political economy issues that he raises. The post descended into note form, and I may go back and have another read and finish them. As ever for more, see below/overleaf … Continue reading “Flying Cars and the future techno economy”
Labour Market, 1945-55
Various things have led me to consider the post-war “return to normality”. It started with the ideological establishment of the cold war, and the portrayal of the Soviet Union as new enemy against the experience of much of the demobilising military. I consider the recommencement of strikes, the re-establishment of deference, like Lee, the establishment of Churchill’s reputation as a war hero and the relocation of women back in the home rather than the factory. Here are some notes. … Continue reading “Labour Market, 1945-55”
Crisis & Renewal
Here’s some reading on the crises of capitalism and capitalist renewal. Mostly Marxist. Enjoy! Continue reading “Crisis & Renewal”
Forever Minus a Day
This article constitutes my notes on Rufus Pollock’s Paper, “FOREVER MINUS A DAY? SOME THEORY AND EMPIRICS OF OPTIMAL COPYRIGHT”, August 7th, 2007. Continue reading “Forever Minus a Day”
New Labour’s Regional Policy
Part of the argument about the election results has become whether Corbyn’s Labour should have pitched itself more profoundly against 40 years of Thatcherism. I have my own critiques of the New Labour governments, but I hadn’t seen a failed Regional Policy as one of them. Here are my notes. … Continue reading “New Labour’s Regional Policy”