David Chivers
davechivers.bsky.social
David Chivers
@davechivers.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Economics at University of Durham.

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Also important to note that people under the age of ~20 have zero memory of it.
June 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Only tried small beer on that list and it isn't great. Probably better to think about portion control then ABV. I am actually unsure if current research suggests lowering ABV works that much as people just drink more?
May 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Not easy to find a decent real ale around 4% although not impossible. Even harder for larger.

Wine is extremely difficult <12% unless it is something off-dry like a Mosel resiling.

Obviously a demand for it and non-alcoholic beers are getting better so hopefully just need more innovation.
May 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Taxing universities who earn income from international students to invest in universities to provide skills.

Got to balance those books.
May 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
How much of it is the uncertainty vs the tariffs themselves?
March 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I was just thinking how weird it was that there were a group of pro-Brexit politicians arguing that the EU did not operate under free trade and suggesting Trump would?
March 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
If its an investment decision, yes. If it is a way of storing cash to make a purchase in a couple of years hmm?

I think the issue is there are so many products and tax rules that it confuses people and difficult to compare across products.
February 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Also, going on about stuff about when the fixed rate deal ends is just stupid and should just be left out of comparisons.
February 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I can imagine things like exit fees and overpayment rules to then be more complex but something doesn't sit right with me about the current system which will probably bamboozle the majority of the population.
February 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM
What do you mean by field system? Northern France feels quite like the UK to me at least in terms of greenery.
February 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Sure, a nice problem for those who have it but its just a very weird way to doit.
February 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
For example, my mortgage is coming up and I asked it for total interest I would pay under certain assumptions per year, and comparing various overpayment scenarios.
February 5, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Other than that a lot of giving it a picture/PDF of a table and transferring to data (OMG this used to be such a pain) and other things that would have taken me time to think about how to code.
February 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM