Posts tagged economics

Det er vanskeligt at spaa, især naar det gælder Fremtiden.

— maybe Niels Bohr

Here’s what I think is coming and why: make of it what you will.

The dead internet theory is a conspiracy theory, which in itself is enough reason to doubt it. Like many fashionable conspiracy theories it originated in regions of the internet frequented by people with really unpleasant views, which is another.

But.

Three days ago I pointed out that the UK government was lying about the influence of the war in Ukraine on UK retail energy prices. Now we have a better idea what that influence might actually be.

The UK government would like you to believe that the recent increases in the rate people pay for energy are due to the war in Ukraine. This is a lie.

If you think that we can continue economic growth by simply moving to Mars, you’re a fool.

On midsummer’s eve 2016 old people in the UK demonstrated that, by a significant majority, they are xenophobic leeches who are happy to suck the life out of their children and grandchildren, and have now found a way of continuing to do so even after they are dead.

Do not eat the free lunch: it has probably been poisoned.