Economist, Visiting Professor, Lecturer, Writer, Public Speaker.
It took international co-operation, co-ordination and a subsuming of national sovereignty (British troops, for example, were under US control in some theatres) as well as a deepening of economic, political and social ties, to bring the Second World War to a close. As we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day Landings and the Battle …
Continue reading “What has WWII got to tell us about globalisation? The answer, a lot.”
Events this week and, no doubt, for the next few weeks and months, will decide the economic and political future of the UK – and of each and every one of us who live here. Whether you voted to leave or remain, the fact is that we are now in a hugely damaging situation, with …
Continue reading “Brexit – why it’s time to give a little love”
Today is without doubt momentous. It heralds the biggest strategic and economic change the UK has seen since WWII. Acheson’s comments in 1962, following the decolonisation that characterised the post-war period, are particularly resonant: “Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role. The attempt to play a separate power role …