Astonished at the weekend at some of the comments from so-called economic correspondents who were cringing at Trump's tariffs over Greenland, predicting recession and ready to cave in to his every demand. How did it not occur to them that all we have to do is slap the same tariffs on US imports and the effect is completely neutralised? This is not ...
Years ago I worked with an economist on a project. He told me his 'art' (he refused to claim it was science) was akin to driving backwards the wrong way down a motorway - blindfold. It was a difficult project commercially and politically, which was perhaps a reason for his gloomy reflection. Unfortunately, the economic history of the world rather s...
