Is Jeremy Corbyn's policy of 'quantitative easing for people' feasible?
The Labour leadership frontrunner has proposed ‘people’s QE’ to fund infrastructure, instead of banks, but Yvette Cooper says it is bad economicsJeremy Corbyn, the frontrunner in the Labour leadership...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on global currencies: it’s the economy, stupid | Editorial
Whether it’s the yuan or the euro, the lesson of history is that the currency should be arranged around the economy. Not the other way aroundHistory is littered with upside-down verdicts about exchange...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on the NHS: 100 days of revision and retreat | Editorial
Jeremy Hunt is trying to improve quality but George Osborne is determined to keep on cutting. It’s not good news for the NHSDavid Cameron likes to boast that not a day has been wasted since his...
View ArticleChina’s currency gambit and Labour’s debate about quantitative easing: old...
Economists have always feared that once everybody starts printing money, one player would break ranks. If that player is massive – like China – the impact would be to export stagnation to the rest of...
View ArticleUK government to sell stake in King's Cross redevelopment
The sale of the taxpayer’s 36.5% stake in the King’s Cross Central Partnership in London is forecast to net the Treasury £360m The UK government has fired the starting gun on the sale of the taxpayer’s...
View ArticleTrouble at the mill threatens Jeff Bezos and Amazon's reputation
The company’s chief executive acted quickly to refute allegations of a brutal work environment, but maybe what his employees need is a trade unionA company’s reputation is precious. Once lost, it is...
View ArticleNationwide chief criticises bank levy changes as unfair on smaller lenders
Building society unveils 50% rise in profits in first quarter but Graham Beale says budget tax change will have disproportionate effect on mutualsThe chief executive of Nationwide has criticised...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on rail fare rises: the end of the line | Editorial
Passengers can no longer carry the extra cost of rail improvements. But an ideological obsession with renationalisation is not the answerThe cost of rail season tickets and other regulated train fares...
View ArticleDitch your assumptions about Uber and Airbnb: the 'gig economy' is no...
With the current lack of data, we can’t be sure what impact the ‘gig economy’ is having on people’s lives but it is certainly not a new phenomenonBig claims have been made that the future of work lies...
View ArticleWhy we should take Corbynomics seriously
A state-led investment programme offers a way to steer British economy away from private speculative activity to long-term sustainable growth investment Fiscal austerity has become such a staple of...
View ArticleWill North Korea's 'in-betweeners' be the generation to disrupt the regime?
They are increasingly exposed to outside influences, and leading academic Kim Sung-kyun says 20 to 40-year olds are key to a freer futureA lot has been promised of North Korea’s youth. The regime has...
View ArticleUK income tax receipts reach surplus in July
ONS details £1.3bn gap between revenue and expenditure – the first surplus for three years and the largest since records began in 1997A record month for income tax receipts helped the government...
View ArticleOnce, firms cherished their workers. Now they are seen as disposable | Will...
The Amazon revelations reflect a wider tendency for companies to take a brutal approach to employees at all levelsMore than 100 years ago, the Cadbury family built a model town, Bournville, for their...
View ArticleJeremy Corbyn has reminded Labour at last why austerity must be opposed
The unlikely leadership frontrunner looks vulnerable to criticism over some policies and pledges. But someone in opposition had to come out fightingThe seeds for the phenomenon of the rise and rise of...
View ArticleJeremy Corbyn's opposition to austerity is actually mainstream economics |...
It is the current government’s policy and its objectives that are extreme, not the Labour leadership candidate’sThe accusation is widely made that Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters have moved to the...
View ArticleI will deliver a radical – and credible – Labour alternative to Tory...
Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to print more money won’t work. I’m offering a serious alternative to boost growth, create jobs, tackle inequality – and cut the deficitIt’s the economy, stupid! That was the...
View ArticleWayne Swan blasts meagre debate on reform and short-term business policies
The former treasurer, who heads the Chifley thinktank’s inclusive prosperity commission, will join other leaders at a national reform summit on ThursdayThe former Labor treasurer Wayne Swan has blasted...
View ArticleGovernment sells further stake in Lloyds Banking Group
Sale of shares takes taxpayer’s stake in bailed-out bank to less than 13%The government has sold 1% of its stake in Lloyds Banking Group to reduce its ownership of the bailed-out bank to less than...
View ArticleLabour's Tom Watson attacks Tory minister over 'bullish on China' article
Frontrunner for deputy leader questions whether Jim O’Neill is suitable for role as minister for infrastructure, after Chinese stock market routA Treasury minister who is one of George Osborne’s...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on financial markets: Chinese flu, and the west’s empty...
A stock market bubble and bust that was made in China might have stayed there – had the west not got other reasons to be fearfulPotential disruption to the iron ore trade; the sudden exposure of the...
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