Thursday, 30 October 2014

I am standing for the Lib Dem policy committee. This is why.

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Why would you, after all? Nights crawling home on the late train. Sitting in interminable debate about the intricacies of social care till ...
Wednesday, 29 October 2014

The strange re-emergence of virtual currencies

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I used to consider myself an expert on the future of money.  I realise I am not any more.  Experts on the future of money have to include mo...
Tuesday, 28 October 2014

The world will change around 2020

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Something is happening out there.  A fascinating article in Der Spiegel (thanks, Joe) puts the issue pretty succinctly: the global econom...
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Monday, 27 October 2014

Lidl, Tesco and the need to control us all

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I've never felt much kinship with Lidl.  The bare, rather unfriendly aisles, the functional and inadequate space  for paying, never give...
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Friday, 24 October 2014

Is the NHS pulling in opposite directions?

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Years ago, I remember sitting in the Lib Dem policy committee talking about I meant to call 'preventative health', but which I acci...
Thursday, 23 October 2014

Plunging ourselves into delusory data

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The principle that numerical measurements will always be inaccurate if they are used to control is now known as Goodhart's Law. Th...
Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Supporting business by breaking up the big banks

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A fascinating conversation the night before last has made me realise that, although I don’t think I’ve got it wrong on the banks, I only had...