I was guest of Stephen Andrews and the Hardwired science fiction book club at Waterstones in the beautiful city of Bath Spa on 13 September 2017. I read from Our Memory Like […]
‘Our Memory Like Dust’ live read in Bath Spa
Gavin Chait
Economist, data scientist, entrepreneur, author. Fascinated by the frontiers of human progress: innovation vs ignorance; wealth vs poverty. Oh, and coffee. @GavinChait and https://gavinchait.com
Novel journeys: Sun Race 2179 – Part 01
As I listened, I could see a solar-sail space ship, passing close to the sun. The crew of the yacht are standing quietly. Scarcely moving. Waiting…
The new-new Enlightenment and the Counter-Reformation
On lighting a fire for scholarly rogueship Ten years is a long time, and it passes in a heartbeat. When Sam invited me to join the Scrogues a decade ago, it was […]
Economic development, and the decline of rural prospects, is a tale of many cities
Economic neglect unleashes the stalking demons of fear and bigotry. We have seen those demons basking in the movements which gave us Brexit in the UK, Donald Trump’s election in the US, […]
Why our anti-Trump marches matter: the counterintuitive lesson of Africa’s “big men”
Recent anti-Donald protests are hugely important, although maybe not for the reason you think. I keep wanting to write an article on how similar Donald is to the Big Men of Africa, […]
“Weeping,” by Bright Blue, the song for America as it becomes an Apartheid state
A long time ago there was Apartheid, an ideology based on racial privilege, fear of the other, walls and barbed wire, censorship, ignorance and oppression. This was one of the songs we sang […]
The despicable inequality and cruel egalitarianism of wealth: towards a draft wealth tax to fund a basic income
Automating dull jobs into obsolescence Part 3 of a series. To those who have, more shall be given. Cities get more investment. From those who have little, more shall be taken. Small […]
The despicable inequality and cruel egalitarianism of wealth (Part 2): the innovation and wonder of Capitalism
Design is local but manufacturing and distribution are international Part 2 of a series. Let’s recognise that Capitalism has brought a billion people out of absolute poverty over the past decade, that […]
What Donald learned from Putin, what we should learn from Piketty: the despicable inequality and cruel egalitarianism of wealth
Ending inequality with a wealth tax and a basic income grant Part 1 of a series. Inequality is rendered stark where astonishing fortunes are made by individuals who then bend their lives, […]
After Donald, of squandered talent, wasted time, and a lost future
Trump will reign over dust and desolation… On 1 September 1859, telegraph operators across Europe and North America watched in horror as their equipment began to spark and behave erratically. Some disconnected their […]
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