Mar 26, 2020Has China really defeated coronavirus?Looking beneath the bonnet of the headline data suggests declarations of victory against this new virus are premature.
Mar 25, 2020Let's try and be more sophisticated about the reality of 'science'The characterisation of “the science” as a fixed thing isn’t helpful and could even be dangerous.
Mar 24, 2020Don’t waste time debating whether Trump’s ‘Chinese Virus’ tweets are racistSimply look at the man's long and consistent record of xenophobia and then judge whether he's using the label in a factual way.
Mar 22, 2020Just how bad is the coronavirus market crash?We simply do not know where shares will bottom out, but the pace of the sell-off is certainly alarming from a historical perspective.
Mar 21, 2020Time for a Universal Basic Income?It’s certainly a beguiling argument. But there’s a powerful counter-case, too.