Bernanke published an extremely helpful audit of how the Bank of England communicated its forecasts and these recommendations could be easily adopted by the OBR www.news-future.com/p/britain-is...

The decision comes as the OBR, one of the country’s financial watchdogs, changes its fiscal predictions for the UK once again. I’ve written about Britain’s bad luck when it comes to data and what people like Ben Bernanke have recommended to counter what is increasingly becoming an existential issue.

Of course, the country’s unique constitutional make-up doesn’t necessarily lend to the party system, but the adoption of certain conventions, including manifestos and true democratic membership systems, would help.

Xbox has just raised its Game Pass to $29.99 per month. It's part of a wider industry trend, with some analysts expecting the next GTA to break the $100 mark. All during a cost of living crisis, folks. (3/3)

Fortunately, the Champions League was broadcast on ITV back then, w/ the 6 Nations on the BBC. It wasn't all bad, but it does now seem that we're returning to an entertainment divide between the 'haves and the have nots'. Point in case: being a video gamer is increasingly a middle-class pursuit.

It was actually The Daily Express which first reported on the full gruesome aftermath in Hiroshima, warning of an ‘Atomic Plague’. (4/4)

The censors were even very wary of nuclear-related phrases which could expose the existence of The Manhattan Project. But government officials also cut a deal with The New York Times’ William L. Laurence, otherwise known as ‘Atomic Bill’, to write about the project and the bombing of Japan. (3/4)

Equally, The Office of Censorship was formed in December 1941, the same month the US entered World War II. The department was headed by Byron Price, an executive news editor at the Associated Press and World War One veteran, who reported directly to Roosevelt. (2/4)