Monthly Archive: June 2016

Flaws in Basic Income

Flaws in Basic Income

Today’s post is about the state of play with Basic Income, after the Swiss rejected the adoption of the concept in a national referendum earlier this month.

Weekly Roundup, 28th June 2016

Weekly Roundup, 28th June 2016

We begin today’s Weekly Roundup in the FT, with the Chart That Tells A Story. This week there were several charts, all about hedge funds. Hedge Funds The papers are…

Robot Watch

Robot Watch – a new blog

Today we’re announcing the launch of a new blog, called Robot Watch. Robot Watch Regular readers will remember that a couple of weeks ago I was talking about the books…

Trouble with GDP

Trouble with GDP

Last year we looked at the usefulness of GDP as a measure and of constant growth as a pursuit for society. It’s time for a catch up on the trouble with GDP.

Weekly Roundup, 14th June 2016

Weekly Roundup, 14th June 2016

We begin today’s Weekly Roundup in the FT, with the Chart That Tells A Story. This week’s topic was NHS spending.

ETFs

ETFs – Elements 5

This post is part of the Elements series, a Periodic Table of all the Investing Elements that you need. Today’s post is about ETFs.

Workplace ISA

The Workplace ISA – Too Much Choice?

Today’s post is about the Workplace ISA, which CPS research fellow Michael Johnson has proposed as a stablemate to the recently announced Lifetime ISA.