Author Archives: johngsmith
Remote yet near
Desperately seeking any silver lining, a short video arrived of the grandchildren engrossed in “home school”. Then reading that a company called “Future Learn” has signed more than 80,000 people to Covid-19 courses designed by the London School of Hygiene … Continue reading
Monetary financing (C19)
Heard of monetary policy and fiscal policy. But what’s this? Central Bank prints the funds that the government needs for its spending plans. Think 1920’s Germany (cartoons of wheelbarrows full of paper money). Not to be employed – yet. Where … Continue reading
History Lesson
Some thoughts on the March 2020 oil price war and Covid-19 pandemic.. Suckers sell, spivs clean up Here we go again Shorters dining at the Ritz Clear as day from candlesticks They say a virus started it fuelled by Saudi/Ruski … Continue reading