Cameron’s warning reignites economy debate | @guardianletters
David Cameron’s article (Red lights are flashing on the world economy, 17 November) starts: “Six years on from the financial crash that brought the world to its knees … ” I don’t normally welcome...
View ArticleWhy the rise in UK inflation may be a blip in a downward trend
While inflation has edged higher, a cluster of economic factors point to the rate tumbling again in the coming months• Christmas computer game releases help inflation edge higherIs that it? Did the...
View ArticleCameron is right to warn of another recession, but wrong to blame the world |...
When governments cut their deficits when the private sector is still shell-shocked by slump, the situation only gets worseMinisters are up to their old game of blaming everyone but themselves for...
View ArticleGrowth: the destructive God that can never be appeased | George Monbiot
The blind pursuit of economic exapansion stokes a cycle of financial crisis, and is wrecking our world. Time for an alternativeAnother crash is coming. We all know it, now even David Cameron...
View ArticleChristmas request: who sold Britain? | @guardianletters
The New Era housing estate is owned in New York; army recruitment is run by Capita (Reports, 18 November). I seem to remember that the army’s theatre equipment servicing is being sold off. I can’t keep...
View ArticleScotland's answer to economic woe: public procurement
With red lights flashing on the global economy, England must look to Scotland’s sustainable way of buying goods and servicesAt £178bn a year UK public procurement – what the government spends on goods...
View ArticlePrivate firms on course to net £9bn of NHS contracts
Circle Healthcare, Bupa, Virgin Care and Care UK among big winners since enforced tendering of services introducedPrivate health firms are on course to win more than £9bn of NHS contracts to look after...
View ArticleAusterity has clearly failed. So why don’t they ditch it? | Seumas Milne
Falling incomes are fuelling the deficit and costing votes. But Cameron is looking after other interestsNow we know for sure George Osborne’s economic plan has failed, even on its own account. For all...
View ArticleAmericans, with record consumer debt of $3.2 trillion, are taking out more...
The 28-29 October meeting of the Federal Reserve board of governors gave the economy a clean bill of health, but noted market concern about Ebola Americans are borrowing more even as they have racked...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on Royal Mail: a universal service under threat | Editorial
The privatised company is under pressure, and resents its social obligations. That’s no surprise – it is the logical consequence of 20 years of market-driven policyA globalised market characterised by...
View ArticleStudents are right to march against the markets. Why can’t education be free?...
After the 2008 crash, the most sensible reform would have been to make the financial system more like education, not vice versaThere is a certain type of joy only felt the first time one makes history,...
View ArticleGDP is a mirror on the markets. It must not rule our lives | Diana Coyle
By fixating on a snapshot of statistics, we focus on short-termism and lose sight of what the Victorians prized most: valueNext month the Office for National Statistics will issue data for the first...
View ArticleRights and wrongs of going for growth | @guardian letters
George Monbiot’s call for “a government commission on post-growth economics” should be urgent parliamentary business (Growth: the destructive God that can never be appeased, 19 November). All MPs...
View ArticleGeorge Osborne’s deficit reduction plan has gone into reverse
The state of the public finances means that the chancellor is not in any position to make pre-election giveaways at the autumn statement next month, writes Larry ElliottSenior government ministers have...
View ArticleGovernment’s deficit target still off course despite strong October
From April to October, the government has borrowed £64.1bn, £3.7bn more than at the same point last yearThe chancellor has been left with little room for pre-election giveaways after the latest figures...
View ArticleIf we build new roads and railways, the economic returns will come
George Osborne talks of investing in transport to carry people out of poverty, but the money has to be made available, and not just in the south-eastThe scene: Liverpool. The date: 15 September 1830....
View Article‘The coalition has helped, not hurt the poor’ | Danny Alexander
The chief secretary to the Treasury rejects last week’s Observer story, insisting his party has fostered fairness in economic policyLast week’s Observer asserted that the coalition’s economic recovery...
View Article#CameronMustGo: Twitter users decry David Cameron's record
British coalition government’s record on the economy, NHS and employment criticised as social media users challenge PMThe prime minister, David Cameron, has spent the weekend trending on Twitter,...
View ArticleAll that glitters...why growth and development aren't the same thing
Dear governments, neoliberal policies can take you to dizzying economic heights. But it’s social policies that will catch you when you fallThe first World Summit for Social Development held in...
View ArticleEconomic boost? Sephardic Jews contemplate a return to Spain
Spain has offered citizenship to Sephardic Jews, who were expelled from the country in 1492. But is this about welcoming diversity again, or Spain’s attempt to draw new investment into a struggling...
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