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The economy; high streets; telepathy; meritocracy; meat smoothies; Koo; service fees; yen; Matt Moulding; and Judith Jones
Don’t greenback in anger
Prepare for the worst economic discourse ever
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Ferns; hallucinogens; the Internet Archive; stamp duty; Monzo; culture; solar power; and incest
Chart me up
A year of rejection notices from the Companies House censorship department
Misinformation; surveillance; secondaries; newsworthiness; cities; a bad bridge; Russians; and relatable superheroes
Pagesetting the world to rights
ONS oh noes redux
Fake weight-loss pills; infrastructure; randomised controlled trials; car shipping; the Industrial Revolution; and lots of AI
Lie back and think of England’s infrastructure
Carbon trading; inflation targeting; market concentration; violent crime; pints; mixes; and the latest Musk nonsense
Top of the perks
A new bill will tip the balances towards issuers
What’s he up to? We don’t know, but perhaps you do
Consumer gouging; price setting; Argentinian crypto; Roaring Kitty; happiness; milk cartels; natural disasters; and bass
Drumswitch engage
Milton Friedman; Nord Stream; The Wicker Man; Starlink in The Amazon; The Hobbit; autos; AI; Russia; and lab mice
Don’t let your mouth write a cheque your ash can’t cash
Returns for me; not for thee
And in the darkness, charts aglow
The BoE; humanists; New Atheism; UK public finances; Google; maternal deaths; deep reading; acting; and furries
There’s some forward movement though
I want to break free cash flow positive
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