Marvin Gaye performs in the Royal Albert Hall in 1976. Photograph: Getty Images
Old albums are now outselling new ones. Do we need protectionism against the past?
By Alex Hern - 20 July 13:02

Long copyright terms may not reward the artist, but they make sure that people buy works by new musicians

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J.S. Mill, ethicist and philosopher. Could businesses learn from him?
Ethics in the workplace: why bad business is bad for business
By Alex Hern - 20 July 9:32

Focusing on just profit and loss makes the business environment worse for all concerned

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A worker is underemployed in the HK stock exchange. Photograph: Getty Images
How can you have growing employment and a shrinking economy?
By Tony Dolphin - 20 July 8:39

Underemployment: the UK’s response to economic weakness

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Robert Mundell, who knew the euro was a bad idea fifty years ago.
We knew the euro was a bad idea in 1961. What went wrong?
By Dom Boyle - 20 July 8:18

The eurozone is emphatically not an optimal currency area.

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The Thames tunnel, one of the proposed uses of the infrastructure money
Our problem is no longer unwillingness to spend on infrastructure, it's inability
By Alex Hern - 18 July 14:02

Outsourcing government policy since 2010

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Syringes lie on the floor. But are they from a "troubled family"?
There are not 120,000 "troubled families"
By Alex Hern - 18 July 11:45

This zombie statistic refuses to die.

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Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who has the unfortunate problem of Too Much Money.
"The opposite of a sovereign debt crisis"
By Alex Hern - 17 July 15:37

Being paid to look after money isn't what governments ought to be doing.

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A vampire squid.
Goldman Sachs steps back from casino banking
By Alex Hern - 17 July 11:52

The Vampire Squid launches a private bank for wealthy clients

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Marissa Mayer. Photograph: Getty Images
Marissa Mayer, Google's 20th employee, becomes Yahoo!'s new CEO
By Alex Hern - 17 July 8:41

A move up and out for Google's star

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A row of houses in Bath, England. Photograph: Getty Images
The Telegraph and Mail should stop buying DWP briefings hook, line and sinker
By Declan Gaffney - 16 July 15:38

People leave housing benefit all the time, but the DWP managed to turn no news into good news

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Barclays. Rates up, up, up? Photograph: Getty Images
How to set Libor in a post-Barclays age
By Alex Hern - 16 July 11:27

Time for the banks to have some skin in the game

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Metro Bank, a new bank launched recently. Photograph: Getty Images
Move your money: We need new models of banking, not just new banks
By Louis Brooke - 13 July 13:50

Introducing "competition" to banking won't work if it's just Tesco Bank taking over

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New Statesman
If Wonga are trying to muscle in to the business market, we need a British Investment Bank more than ever
By Carl Packman - 12 July 18:03

Payday lenders, not content with squeezing individuals, are now going after businesses too.

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Tower Bridge, circa 1900. Photograph: Getty Images
Growing cities: invest now or pay later
By Naomi Clayton - 12 July 17:24

Towns which were doing well in 1901 are still the best now; lack of progress is hard to turn around.

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Soldiers outside the Olympic stadium in east London. Photograph: Getty
G4S is just the latest in a long line of outsourcing disasters
By Natalie Bennett - 12 July 16:52

When will we learn?

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Dave Fishwick, in his bank. Photograph: Channel 4
Bank of Dave: Money to Burnley
By Stephen Clarke - 12 July 16:37

What can we learn from one man's attempts to set up a bank of his own?

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Farmers protest EU agricultural policies. Photograph: Getty Images
If Labour cares so much about the price of milk, why doesn't it join with dairy farmers?
By Rowenna Davis - 12 July 16:19

Milk has been over the news recently, but there's a silence on the left over the plight of its creators.

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The flooded village of Penkridge. Photograph: Getty Images
Spelman's flood insurance is the UK's Obamacare
By Alex Hern - 12 July 13:02

Just wetter. And less controversial. Much like Britain.

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A port in Hamburg. Photograph: Getty Images
Our over-reliance on imports is harming the recovery
By Spencer Thompson - 12 July 11:00

It is new markets, not existing ones, that are key to securing long-term economic growth for the UK

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Greg Clark, the minister in charge of City Deals. Photograph: Getty Images
Give cities more power over their destiny
By Joe Manning - 12 July 10:59

The new City Deals are a step in the right direction

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A man rides a bike. Photograph: Getty Images
The Bank of England wanted to buy bicycles in case of societal collapse
By Alex Hern - 11 July 13:57

A dozen bicycles were proposed to let the directors travel around if civilization had fallen

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Jon Cruddas launching his deputy leadership bid in 2007 Photograph: Getty Images
Trade unions: No room for romance
By Dom Boyle - 11 July 10:52

Economists don't dominate British politics. In fact, they aren't listened to enough.

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An oil rig. Energy is one of the flagging sectors. Photograph: Getty Images
Boom in the gloom for capital goods
By Simon Briscoe - 10 July 17:33

Amidst stagnation, there's one ray of hope

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Members of the European Parliament hold placards
EU Parliament shoots down controversial copyright treaty; EU Commission ignores them
By Alex Hern - 10 July 16:31

Meet CETA, the new ACTA

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A Boeing C-17 jet lands. Photograph: Boeing
Defense contracting is deeply weird
By Alex Hern - 10 July 13:06

A $0.5bn golden goodbye is nice to have for anyone.

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25th September 1973: An old lady sitting in her kitchen, waiting to be evicted.
Means-testing pensioners is wrong, but not for the reason the right hates it
By Alex Hern - 10 July 11:48

It's the old "universal benefits" chestnut again.

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An iPad charging screen
It costs less than a pound to run an iPad for a year
By Alex Hern - 09 July 15:20

An iPad uses 5% of the resources of a PC

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Stephen Hester, chief executive of RBS
Nobody ever thought Barclays was the only bank fixing Libor
By Alex Hern - 09 July 12:11

Those in charge always knew that other banks were involved. So why have they got away so far?

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A Cambridge student protests against tuition fees. Photograph: Getty Images
University sues student for graduating "too fast"
By Alex Hern - 06 July 12:35

FOM wants €3,000 from Marcel Pohl

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A Meerkat posts a letter. This definitely relates to the content of the article.
High Street 2020: Apple stores and glorified post offices
By Alex Hern - 06 July 8:54
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