Economics of Imperialism

Analysis of how the world economy works

Sunday, 18 March 2018

Nervous About Russia

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Two weeks ago in Salisbury, less than 10 kilometres from the UK’s Porton Down chemical weapons establishment, a Russian and his daug...
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Monday, 12 February 2018

Index of Power

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The following chart gives a snapshot of the top 20 countries, ranked by their index of power in the world economy. Readers of this blo...
Sunday, 4 February 2018

The Long Arm of the Law No More

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By Susil Gupta The recent appeal case of Mr Thomas O’Connor highlights some of the pitfalls of the British strategy – one has to call...
Tuesday, 23 January 2018

Warren Buffett & Imperial Economics

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Warren Buffett is one of the wealthiest people in the world. He is also Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of ...
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Friday, 19 January 2018

Worse Than You Think

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Michael Wolff, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House , Little Brown, 2018 This book is fun to read and a best seller. E...
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Saturday, 23 December 2017

Some Books #2

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These are some of the better books I have read in the past year, and ones to look for if you want to find out about … The British...
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Tuesday, 21 November 2017

Mugabe, Land, Thatcher, Blair & Imperialism

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So, farewell then, Robert Mugabe, ruler of Zimbabwe for 37 years. As the western media celebrate your demise, and Zimbabwe’s people wond...
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Tony Norfield
I use the term ‘imperialism’ in the classical sense to describe the system of domination in the capitalist world economy. Liberal commentary is more open these days to some notion of imperialism. But usually it is another country that is being imperialist, especially the US, and not the home country. The focus on the US is understandable, but ignores the role that a number of other countries play in the system, not least the UK. If we uncover this too, we will get a better analysis of what is really going on in the world. I am based in London and my academic training is in economics and mathematics. I worked for 8 years as an economic consultant, and for close to 20 years in bank dealing rooms in the City, latterly as Executive Director in charge of analysing global FX markets for a major European bank. I have travelled to some 40 countries on business. At present I am researching imperialism and the world economy. I want this blog to generate informed debate & discussion. Comments are welcome. Nobody has all the answers; anyone can make mistakes. But that is no excuse for being an idiot and not seeking the truth.
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