Cheap petrol, falling food prices… What’s not to like? Quite a lot, actually
Forecasts of higher living standards by the end of the year depend, among other things, on pay rising. But there are a lot of reasons why that may not happenPlunging global oil prices, and the...
View ArticleGeorge Osborne goes straight from the flatline to the rollercoaster
The chancellor’s boastfulness and trickery have not saved him from the criticism of the independent economic watchdogs that he himself set upI keep wondering who George Osborne reminds me of, and it...
View ArticleAll aboard the George Osborne rollercoaster
Chris Riddell on the budgetContinue reading...
View ArticleTo move beyond boom and bust, we need a new theory of capitalism
Finding one is the the holy grail of economicsThis is the year that economics might, if we are lucky, turn a corner. There’s a deluge of calls for change in the way it is taught in universities....
View ArticleThinktank tells Ukip departing from EU would cost UK economy £56bn
Open Europe thinktank warns Ukip that Britain could lose 2.23% of its GDP by leaving the EU customs union and single marketBritain faces a stark choice after an EU exit of allowing its economy to...
View ArticleUK exports orders hit by sterling strength and eurozone crisis
CBI industrial trends survey is the latest piece of evidence to suggest that the economy is growing less quickly than in the second half of 2014Order books for UK factories have stagnated as the strong...
View ArticleForm a government by late summer or the money runs out – Treasury
Coalition would need to agree a legislative programme to be outlined in a Queen’s speech so parliament could vote to release funds Politicians elected in May will have until late summer to form a...
View ArticleImmigration: let’s change the way we talk about it | Jonathan Freedland
Too often those on either side of the debate speak about it merely in transactional terms, arguing over what it does for and to us. Today we try to bring fresh light to the issueToday the Guardian...
View ArticleOpen borders or fair wages: the left needs to make up its mind | Paul Ormerod
Mass immigration has boosted Britain’s economy but cut the earning power of those at the bottomMass immigration increases inequality. This is the unpalatable fact the liberal left in Britain refuses to...
View ArticleCould the TTip trade deal undo development gains?
How can we hope to attain true sustainability and inclusiveness when vital trade agreements are being made behind closed doors? UN secretary general Ban-ki Moon has clearly stated his ambition for the...
View ArticleEconomics can’t solve political problems | Letters
A far more fundamental revolution in economic thought is needed than the new theory of capitalism that Paul Mason calls for (To move beyond boom and bust, we need a new theory of capitalism, G2, 23...
View ArticleWhy Bank of England employees are reading my A-level economics textbook |...
People seem to think there are simple answers to complex problems. Even politicians could learn a thing or two from revisiting the basicsA Freedom of Information request by the Times, showed that...
View ArticleElection 2015: Labour rules out increasing national insurance – live
With 43 days until voters go to the polls, our essential coverage of the election campaign continues with Andrew Sparrow and the Guardian’s team of reportersBalls rules out NI riseCameron rules out VAT...
View ArticleBank of England plays down prospect of interest rate cut
Three members of monetary policy committee give statements suggesting they see no sign of underlying deflationary pressureThe Bank of England is making a concerted effort to play down the possibility...
View ArticleWhat is the most private city in the world?
The proliferation of high-security, privatised plazas is making parts of world cities such as London and Dubai reminiscent of an airport loungeShare your experiences of private cities“It may well be...
View ArticleFinancial Conduct Authority criticised by MPs over insurance industry review
Treasury select committee says FCA created false market for shares by briefing media of imminent report The Financial Conduct Authority made serious errors last year over the handling of of review of...
View ArticleElection 2015: we need progressive politics, not mean, arid accountancy | the...
Reward companies for improving the lot of their employeesWill Hutton rightly accuses the main Westminster parties of obsessing, unnecessarily, about the deficit: reducing politics to arid accountancy...
View ArticleStuck in a dead end job on low pay? You know what to do, kids
Few politicians have a credible plan to ensure that Britain’s young people can make their way in the world. But Labour at least recognises the problemOne of the most cheering aspects of Scotland’s...
View ArticleEd Miliband pitches to British business at launch of election campaign – video
Ed Miliband seeks to win the support of corporate chiefs at the formal start of his party's general election campaign. Speaking on Monday at the London headquarters of Bloomberg, Miliband says Labour...
View ArticleWhy IFS boss Paul Johnson counts in this tightest of general elections
Oxford peer of Ed Balls matters because the Institute for Fiscal Studies is seen as the ultimate arbiter on range of issues that will have a bearing on the resultAny list of the people that matter in...
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