Category Archives: Economy

Another New Year!

Posted on January 1, 2017 by fluter1

Today is the first day of the year 2017 AD or would be if political correctness did not dictate that is should be called  2017 CE, the two letters standing for “of the Christian Era”. It seems that the longstanding … Continue reading →

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A Golden Age?

Posted on August 25, 2015 by fluter1

Those of my generation, born during the war years, lived through a Golden Age, a period of peace, and though we did not perhaps realise it at the time, one of relative and rising prosperity. On a teacher’s salary my … Continue reading →

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We  hear a lot today about “the free market economy”, so much in fact that it may be worth reminding ourselves that a free market has defining characteristics without which while still a way of distributing assets it cannot be … Continue reading →

Posted on May 8, 2013 by fluter1 | Leave a comment