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Top ten posts of 2025
At the end of every year, I remind readers of the ten most popular posts on my blog over the last 12 months. But first, just to let you know: since I started the blog in 2010, there have been 6.2m viewings on the blog from 2.5m visitors. During that time I have posted 1350…
Books of the year 2025
Every year at this time, I look back at the books that I have reviewed during the year on this blog. This time I shall include some that I did not review but now consider might interest readers. Let’s start with some mainstream works that attracted much attention. In the US, Abundance by Ezra Klein and…
Extreme inequality – and what to do about it
The latest World Inequality Report 2026 reveals the stark cleavage between rich and poor in the world – a division that is getting wider to the extreme. Based on data compiled by 200 researchers organised by the World Inequality Lab, the report finds that fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population –…
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