Andy Brown

1 week ago | yorkshirebylines.co.uk | Andy Brown

For over half a century, right-wing economic theorists and the politicians who enthusiastically implemented their ideas have been giving us all lectures about the benefits of free markets. Competition, we were told, was good because the hidden hand of the market would direct resources to where they could be most efficiently deployed.

3 weeks ago | yorkshirebylines.co.uk | Andy Brown

All the signs are that new UK government is going to make the most important decision of its term in office in the coming weeks. Unfortunately, it looks very much as if it will make the wrong one. Now that Donald Trump’s trade policies have escalated into a full-scale international trade war, Britain has to decide how best to respond. The remnants of British industry were hit hard when Trump announced that he would impose hefty new tariffs on steel.

1 month ago | yorkshirebylines.co.uk | Andy Brown

Canada is an amazing country. Geographically it bears a strong resemblance to Siberia, having a huge area of boreal forest that gives way first to tundra, then to expanses of frozen wilderness that get tougher the further north you go. Both places have a wealth of natural resources and they share a pioneer culture that comes with a heritage of problematic relationships with the original occupants of the land.

1 month ago | louderthanwar.com | Andy Brown |Andy Brown

Beans On Toast | William CrightonBrudenell Social Club, Leeds20th March 2025Andy Brown heads to the Brudenell Social Club for a life-affirming set by folk singer-songwriter, Beans On Toast. He reviews the night for Louder Than War. Folk music is there to reflect the times so Jay McAllister, aka Beans On Toast, must have had his hands full these last few years. He’s actually managed to release an album every year since 2009 which is no mean feat.

1 month ago | yorkshirebylines.co.uk | Andy Brown

It is now becoming increasingly clear that the determinant of the success or failure of Donald Trump’s second presidency is the impact of his decisions upon the economy. During his election campaign he repeated loudly and with great frequency that he thought tariff was the most beautiful word in existence. The part of the American public that idolises him is therefore expecting great things from the introduction of hefty tariffs on imports. Few serious economists are.