Is Ozempic a wonder drug? Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro are claimed to be wonder drugs that will solve the problems of modern living, like obesity, diabetes and dementia. But there are better ways to do that, like going for a walk and stopping eating ultra-processed food. So are they really just mechanisms to perpetuate the profits of Big Pharma, at cost to us all?

The economics of small business Small businesses do not work as microeconomic theory suggests. They don’t maximise profit. Most, at best, provide their owners with a fair wage. That’s why if you hit them hard – as Rachel Reeves has done – the economic impacts can be really serious.

We are going to pay a high price for Rachel Reeves’ incompetence

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We are going to pay a high price for Rachel Reeves’ incompetence

Before Rachel Reeves even delivered her Budget, I wrote this: I was right. That is where the backlash is. I added in that post: Where wi...

Before Rachel Reeves even delivered her Budget I said that the employer’s NIC hike would be its undoing, and so it is proving to be. Her failure to prepare for the backlash is almost as alarming. If I could see this, why couldn’t she and the Treasury do so? Is she really not up to the job?