Robert Shiller: 'Finance needs to serve the people' – video
Robert Shiller, author of Finance and the Good Society, discusses the role of financial capitalism in the recovery from the 2008 economic crash and the need to democratise the institutions that control...
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Why Britain's broadband is heading for the slow lane
The UK generates more money online than any other G20 nation, but lack of investment leaves downloads 16th slowest in EuropeThe internet is a bigger part of the British economy than education,...
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Angry academics can't answer my criticism that there's too little analysis of...
Discussion of the economic crisis must be made democratic – and economists have a role to play in thatAt the fag end of one university term, two Cambridge economists set about persuading a prime...
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Letters: Message to Clegg: it's the economy, stupid
Nick Clegg (The centre will hold, 7 May) sets out three lessons for the government from the local elections – and I agree with him. But he is also leader of the Liberal Democrats and his lesson for the...
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Richer pensioners should lose some benefits, says thinktank
Nuffield Trust says rethink on winter fuel allowances, bus passes and TV licences would help pay for rising social care costsBetter-off pensioners should lose some of their benefits, such as winter...
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Made in britain by Evan Davis – review
By Ian PindarDavis, a presenter on the Today programme, comes across as a soothing economic agony uncle in this engaging TV tie-in. Britain can still be a world player, he argues. We just need more...
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VAT: what, how much and why?
VAT is in the headlines again thanks to the government's pasty tax U-turn. Here's the lowdown on this most confusing of taxesThe ongoing confusion arising from the government's retreat on the so-called...
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Live discussion: is infrastructure important for local economic growth?
Join our panel live from midday on Wednesday to discuss the role of infrastructure in delivering better public services, or share your thoughts in the comment thread nowOne of the biggest challenges...
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Michael Gove open-minded over state schools being run for profit
Education secretary hints at Leveson inquiry that policy would be allowable in second term of Tory-led governmentThe education secretary has given his clearest indication yet that a future Conservative...
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Charities hope for latest U-turn on donations
Conservative MP says ministers also preparing to stop tax relief limits on philantrophy after recent reversal on 'pasty tax'Hopes have been raised that the government will back down on controversial...
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Diamond jubilee in charts: how has Britain changed since Elizabeth took the...
Remember a 97.5% top tax rate, troops in Malaya and buying a Guardian for 28p? How different is Britain today - and where does the Queen get her cash from now? Get the key data• Download as a pdf• Get...
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Paul Krugman attacks Britain's austerity drive as 'deeply destructive'
Nobel prize-winning economist says austerity policy is failing and coalition should be increasing spending instead of cutting itNobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman has attacked the government's...
View ArticleEurope: where the jobs are
Eures, the European Union's employment service, maintains a database of jobs member states say are suitable for citizens who are prepared to move country to take advantage of the free movement of...
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How to lift Europe out of its unemployment crisis | Will Hutton
Hiring and firing needs to be easier, but as part of a reframed social settlement – not as a standalone attack on workers' rightsThe European economy is in the doldrums. The countries on the periphery...
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China's economic stimulus offers Europe a lesson | John Ross
Chinese state action from the onset of the global crisis countered any investment decline. In the EU, it's a case of too little, too lateWith world economic growth waning sharply, China is launching a...
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Where are Europe's jobs? The data
Where are the vacancies across Europe? A scrape of the official EU jobs site gets at some of the answers• Interactive guide• Get the data• Data journalism and data visualisations from the GuardianEURES...
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How to kickstart the UK economy – at zero cost to 99% of us | Michael Meacher
By imposing a capital gains tax charge at 28% on the seriously rich 0.003% we could create 1.5m jobs over the next two yearsWhen today even the EU's leading economic officials Manuel Barroso and Olli...
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Boeing boss: UK lacks industrial vision and technology investment
Jim Albaugh warns against cutting research and development spending, while emerging countries raised theirsA Boeing boss has warned that the UK is under-investing in technology and failing to map out a...
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Labour's new policy chief looks to Germany for inspiration
Jon Cruddas is to visit German social democrat leaders hoping to find lessons on the country's economic recoveryJon Cruddas, the new head of Labour's policy review, is due to visit German social...
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The facts are clear. This cruel austerity experiment has failed | Will Hutton
While the human cost of economic stupidity is all too visible, the world's leaders are paralysed by their dogmaLast week was an awesome warning of where go-it-alone austerity can lead. It produced some...
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