I don't know why Russell Brand, manic weirdo, is taken seriously by anyone on any issue.
I read your linked piece on the lack of truck drivers: I find it interesting that the "blame Brexit" crew clearly weren't aware the same shortage was occurring in the US and Australia. And for similar reasons: a generation ago drivers were usually employees of transport companies. Now they are independent contractors, with all the burdens (including owning or leasing an 18 wheeler!). And a culture of "free next day shipping" cutting into any margins.
On the revolving door between regulatory agency and firms, the term "regulatory capture" tends to be used in the US, which is apt.
In Britain there is a Whitehall comittee called ACOBA - the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments - that's supposed to manage those conflicts of interest, when top civil servants go into industry. Mostly it just rubber stamps every move. It's transparently corrupt, as Private Eye has been revealing for decades.
Russell B was included in quite a good BBC podcast recently, called The New Gurus. The interviews with his fans made for grim listening.
I don't know why Russell Brand, manic weirdo, is taken seriously by anyone on any issue.
I read your linked piece on the lack of truck drivers: I find it interesting that the "blame Brexit" crew clearly weren't aware the same shortage was occurring in the US and Australia. And for similar reasons: a generation ago drivers were usually employees of transport companies. Now they are independent contractors, with all the burdens (including owning or leasing an 18 wheeler!). And a culture of "free next day shipping" cutting into any margins.
On the revolving door between regulatory agency and firms, the term "regulatory capture" tends to be used in the US, which is apt.
In Britain there is a Whitehall comittee called ACOBA - the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments - that's supposed to manage those conflicts of interest, when top civil servants go into industry. Mostly it just rubber stamps every move. It's transparently corrupt, as Private Eye has been revealing for decades.
Russell B was included in quite a good BBC podcast recently, called The New Gurus. The interviews with his fans made for grim listening.