Links for further reading - on economic growth, liquidity update, Hipgnosis and over confidence

Watch out for advances in Synbio and new materials and why there’s zero way that China could hide an invasion of Taiwan. Plus why recent political events leave me so dispirited.

One general comment on the current political malaise. The Truss government is giving pro-growth ideas a bad name. The Economist’s Emma Duncan has an excellent piece in The Times today which echoes many of my own frustrations.

Take public services. Many are frustrated with the poor quality of public services and although previous Conservative ‘austerity’…