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Friday, 4 May 2018
“Watergate had become the center of the media’s universe,” Richard Nixon stewed in his memoirs, “and during the remaining year …
Continue reading "Trump team fears Watergate moment"
By Benjamin Clayton
Tuesday, 20 March 2018
On Monday, Mr Trump travelled to Manchester, New Hampshire, to take on one of his great domestic challenges: America’s crippling …
Continue reading "Trump won’t execute drug dealers, but he might win the drugs war"
By Benjamin Clayton
Thursday, 15 March 2018
My hero in science is not Stephen Hawking. It is my Dad. When I was younger, he told me things …
Continue reading "Hawking’s death is a timely reminder of why science matters"
By Benjamin Clayton
Tuesday, 20 February 2018
On Friday, Roger Federer, at the age of thirty-six, became the oldest world number one in the history of tennis. …
Continue reading "The ballet and fortitude of Roger Federer"
By Benjamin Clayton
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Too many regions in Britain were knocked down by the financial crisis and have yet to get back up. Outside …
Continue reading "Made in America: Britain needs to copy US opportunity zones"
By Benjamin Clayton
Thursday, 18 January 2018
Britain has a productivity problem. It is also ripe for significant transport development. Time to put the two together. I …
Continue reading "Transport geeks need to start speaking ‘Economese’"
By Benjamin Clayton
Friday, 5 January 2018
House prices in London are falling. Estate agent Savills this week announced that it expects house prices to rise by …
Continue reading "London house prices are falling – and that may be a good thing"
By Benjamin Clayton
Tuesday, 2 January 2018
Imagine this job description. “Wanted: experienced professional to work fourteen-hours, six days a week (including four days per week away …
Continue reading "Pity the politicians and thank them for their service"
By Benjamin Clayton
Monday, 30 October 2017
The Stanford marshmallow experiment is a famous study on delayed gratification. Conducted in the 1960s and 1970s, psychologists brought a …
Continue reading "Explaining Unemployment, Trump and Tinder: Short-Termism"
By Benjamin Clayton
