Duncan Weldon
Economics writer. Author.
Expect history, economics, finance and other stuff.
Wrote Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through.
Blood and Treasure, on the economics of war, out now.
- Curious about the impact of a crypto crash on (1) Dubai in general and (2) oddly enough, the dynamics of the British BTL market.
- The only way Labour can win the next election is by governing well. That might not be enough, but it’s the bare minimum. The questions to be asking about any potential new PM are “what is their agenda and can they achieve it?” Not “do they currently poll well?” Or “can they handle a media round?”
- Hearing it might be Ben Swain.
- Classic. Email from a reading club, saying they were reading Blood & Treasure. Would I like to join a session? Wondered if it was a scam. Couldn’t see how. Replied saying I’d be happy to join a zoom. Spoiler: the follow-up arrived. A scam.
- I’m not sure ‘our national security developed vetting technique can be beaten if a candidate is prepared to lie’ is an especially helpful line to push.
- It’s good that foreign spies never lie.
- My target, for the 60th anniversary year, is to finally get the eldest into Star Trek after several failed attempts.
