Core PCE inflation over the last 3 months was a 4.4% annual rate. That is higher than any time from Nov 1990 to Mar 2021.

Yes, there were special factors, seasonal issues, etc. But there were also special factors & seasonal issues at various times in those previous 30 years.

'Everything that the Trump administration said about China has turned out to be right'

Niall Ferguson looks at the US election (and a lot more) on the first episode of our new podcast Voternomics ➡️ bloom.bg/3QmjXkB

I was asked by Stephanie Flanders and Adrian Wooldridge what I thought of the proponents of Brexit / Vote Leave. I quoted Logan Roy in reply: youtube.com/watch?v=rr_CWA…

🎧 The first episode of Voternomics is here

Stephanie Flanders, Adrian Wooldridge and @allegrastratton will help listeners make sense of the elections that will affect markets, countries and economies like never before

Their first guest: Niall Ferguson ➡️ bloom.bg/3QmjXkB

🎧 The first episode of Voternomics is here

Stephanie Flanders, Adrian Wooldridge and @allegrastratton will help listeners make sense of the elections that will affect markets, countries and economies like never before

Their first guest: Niall Ferguson ➡️ bloom.bg/3QmjXkB

“We need every single one of these corrupt institutions to undergo a thorough financial audit. How much Islamist funding have the Qataris laundered into our schools? Islamists are adept at doing a lot of subversion very efficiently.” Read my thoughts:

restorationbulletin.com/p/my-initial-t…

Subversive forces are threatening to tear our democracy asunder. If you want to know more, please read my piece on subversion at Restoration and consider subscribing: restorationbulletin.com/p/restoration

A great many bad takes on the war in Gaza are based on a) uncritically believing Hamas's casualty figures and b) wholly lacking any historical perspective. I recommend Azar Gat's expert analysis in Haaretz.com: haaretz.com/opinion/2024-0…

Perhaps, after all, we are up against an axis of evil.

This is very revealing.

It's a painful truth that today, when the world remembers the Armenian genocide of 1915, the 120,0000 Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh have fled their homes in fear of a similar nightmare. Read Noubar Afeyan's powerful statement below and his call to free press service, co-founder…

I am deeply shocked to hear of my friend Ruben Vardanyan's hunger strike. The world is paying too little attention to the conduct of Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh.

This is an excellent speech by Rishi Sunak. I hope European leaders get the message and follow his lead: gov.uk/government/spe…

You absolutely must not miss the Royal Opera House's sensational 'Lucia di Lammermoor.' It's long been recognized as a brilliant production by Katie Mitchell, but this is a quite superb cast, with Nadine Sierra magnificent as Lucia. roh.org.uk/tickets-and-ev…

.nigel biggar is of course right and Kemi Badenoch knows her history. For some odd reason, my old but erroneous friend William Dalrymple appears not to be familiar with the recent historiography of a) the British industrial revolution and b) the economics of the British Empire.…

'The cultural revolution of our time, the totalitarian regimes on our campuses, are not about to go away,' UATX Founding Trustee Niall Ferguson said in #Austin in February.

'The only possible answer must be to found new institutions.'

Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=z5QID4…

Excellent from Nadia Schadlow on the U.S. government's 'crisis of repetition.'
breakingdefense.com/2024/04/americ…

'Anyone who has a naive belief in the power of higher education to instill morality has not studied the history of German universities in the Third Reich.'

The definitive essay by Niall Ferguson:

thefp.com/p/niall-fergus…