Articles Blog China Debt globalisation housing Inflation interest rates supply side Trade USA Stagflation, a looming credit crunch and debt crisis: Why inflation and interest rates will stay mostly high this decade and run the very real risk of fomenting the biggest debt crisis in the modern eraByGeorge PhilipasJuly 16, 20230Comments28 minRead time
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Africa Articles capital Debt Economy geoeconomic fragmentation IMF Journalism Labour Manufacturing productivity United Kingdom USA When it comes to climate change, it won’t be the weather that dooms us. But an economic and geopolitical downward spiral. One that is already well underway. And as it stands, tech will not save us.ByGeorge PhilipasApril 29, 20240Comments32 minRead time
Africa Articles Egypt Energy Ethiopia geoeconomic fragmentation Journalism Russia Sudan Away from the world’s gaze, the Sudanese civil war is exacerbating regional rivalries that threaten to foment a devastating wider conflict. One that the West will be helpless to prevent.ByGeorge PhilipasApril 16, 20240Comments24 minRead time
1688 Articles authoritarian automation Bank of England black america capital Catholic Catholic civil war Donald Trump Economy editorial globalisation Glorious Revolution History Journalism Labour monarchy Protestant technology United Kingdom USA The irony of an authoritarian Protestant king: The golden age of politics and economics bequeathed to us by the Protestant movement and the Glorious Revolution is coming to an end. No longer fit for purpose it must be ushered into the annals of history if we are to survive the coming decades.ByGeorge PhilipasMarch 9, 20240Comments25 minRead time
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Africa African Politics: Kenya Articles Debt IMF IMF Inflation interest rates Journalism kalenjin Kenya kikuyu luo Manufacturing Raila Odinga Russia tax VAT William Ruto world bank One year on from the Kenyan Election: I was wrong… President William Ruto has done a solid job in a bad situation while Raila Odinga’s actions have betrayed the sort of president he would have made.ByGeorge PhilipasJuly 27, 20230Comments25 minRead time
agriculture Articles Blog el nino Energy Inflation interest rates Sectors of the economy supply side United Kingdom USA Inflation is coming down nicely… but will it last?ByGeorge PhilipasJuly 16, 20230Comments14 minRead time
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Africa Articles corporation globalisation Liberia Marshall Islands shipping tax tax evasion USA Liberia and LISCR – The Shipping and Corporate Registry. A rich and secretive history that lays bare the double-standards of globalisation in the WestByGeorge PhilipasNovember 23, 20220Comments9 minRead time
