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Forecast for 2026
In many ways, the world in 2026 faces similar challenges to the year of 2025 – only more intense. The big themes of the past year are evolving, rather than disappearing. In my forecast for 2025 last year, I reckoned that “a recession in 2025 is unlikely; but on the other hand, it is too…
Top ten posts of 2025
At the end of every year, I remind readers of the ten most popular posts on my blog over the last 12 months. But first, just to let you know: since I started the blog in 2010, there have been 6.2m viewings on the blog from 2.5m visitors. During that time I have posted 1350…
Books of the year 2025
Every year at this time, I look back at the books that I have reviewed during the year on this blog. This time I shall include some that I did not review but now consider might interest readers. Let’s start with some mainstream works that attracted much attention. In the US, Abundance by Ezra Klein and…
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