Welcome to Laburnum Consulting

We are an advisory and consulting company with expertise in finance and economics, especially in the official sector. We aim to provide original, independent analysis and commentary on economic and geo-political affairs.

We offer a newsletter and regular articles to our subscribers, and a bespoke advisory and consulting service. For the most recent articles go to our Latest articles page. Earlier articles are held in our Articles Archive, which can be accessed on the Latest articles page via the Categories list on the right. The Archive contains all articles published since 2002.

Latest Articles

Sweden’s triumphant shipwreck

On 26th February, Hungary approved Sweden’s application to join NATO. Almost two years after applying to join the Western alliance, and despite prolonged obstructionism from Hungary and Turkey, the Nordic country is finally in. On the face of it, a triumph for Sweden – and also for NATO. But it also marks the complete shipwreck of more than 100 years of hallowed, yet disastrous Swedish foreign and security policy.

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The state of UK politics

My piece last week on the state of American politics led to a number of my UK readers drawing parallels with politics in Britain, and asking whether the UK was inevitably fated to go down the same path.

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