Author: Nick Silver

In a recent editorial, the Financial Times cautioned its readers to be mindful of the limitations of generative AI models, which they characterised as “mindless,…

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A few years ago, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) in Australia researched into the effectiveness of homeopathic remedies. They found these remedies…

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Is 2023 going to be the year that we witness the triumphal march of ESG (Environmental Social and Governance) investment, or will we witness it’s…

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I have been moved to write this blog by Harry and Meghan’s recent Netflix documentary. I must admit I haven’t actually watched any of it…

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It’s pretty uncontroversial to observe that we are living in a time of rising extremism, irrationality, polarisation and anger (pick your combination). In their brilliant…

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There is currently a debate around whether the government should break the pension triple lock, the commitment to increase pensions in line with the higher…

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OPEN MANIFESTO POLICY DRAFT With a huge black hole in its public finances, the UK is lucky to be blessed with around £8 trillion in…

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Recently, following the mini-budget, something happened in the defined benefit (DB) pensions sector which caused a massive intervention by the Bank of England. The DB…

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“Bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are.” Bullshit (2005), by Harry Frankfurt This week I am going to see an orthopaedic surgeon;…

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I have never been to Rwanda, but my company has done quite a bit of work there, which I oversaw, many of my colleagues have…

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The Ukraine crisis has made energy security a priority, especially in respect to Europe’s reliance on Russian fossil fuels; at a time when governments are…

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The war in Ukraine has precipitated a crisis in European and world energy markets. Europe gets about 40 per cent of its gas and 30…

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