Over at the Daily Telegraph, Jeremy Warner has just admitted to noticing the falling oil price.  He reckons it's one reason the economy could soon be looking up.  Oh, really?

Today, I saw a comment on a website where the poster was asking about the relevance of the exponential function as the global financial crisis grinds on.  Here's my take on the relevance of the exponential function.

How do European democracies (in which I include our own in the UK) extricate themselves from what is now both an economic and political catastrophe - if not in existence, then in the offing?

When was the last time the Emperors Van Rompuy and Barroso strolled nonchalantly through the back streets of Athens or Madrid?

The European Union is now so entrenched in the politics and economics of the member countries, with the European Commission (EC) being a behemoth with almost unstoppable momentum that it's difficult to understand under what circumstances the EU could or would ever be reversed.