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Business

Andy Burnham’s win-win-win-win-win-win economy

The PM-in-waiting has more options than most economic commentators realise

By Michael Jacobs

Photo of Andy Burnham’s win-win-win-win-win-win economy

To save Britain, Burnham must take on the Treasury

To save Britain, Burnham must take on the Treasury

Paul Collier

Trillionaire, schmillionaire

Elon Musk is the richest loser in the history of capitalism

Will Dunn

Andy Burnham has made a fragile peace with the bond markets

Will Dunn

Elon Musk is the bastard heir of liberal capitalism

Oli Dugmore

What Trump's Anthropic AI ban means for Britain

What Trump’s Anthropic AI ban means for Britain

Alys Key

Political Economy

Andy Burnham’s crusade against neoliberalism

Michael Jacobs

The big read

The QE theory of everything

The QE theory of everything

How the $30 trillion quantitative easing experiment reshaped our world – from Brexit to the dominance of Big Tech.

By Will Dunn

Economics

You can't blame Brexit anymore

You can’t blame Brexit anymore

Dominik Leusder

Manchesterism is not socialism

Manchesterism is not socialism

Isaac Rose

Elon Musk is about to help himself to your retirement fund

Elon Musk is about to help himself to your retirement fund

Will Dunn

Mariana Mazzucato, rockstar economist

The New Statesman Interview

Mariana Mazzucato, rockstar economist

Oli Dugmore

Spotlight on Investment

Burnham should be the least of the bond market's worries

Economic Growth

Burnham should be the least of the bond market’s worries

Dominic Caddick

The “Big North-West Upgrade” begins

Partner content

The “Big North-West Upgrade” begins

Louise Beardmore

Why Labour’s growth plan must empower UK retail investors

Partner content

Why Labour’s growth plan must empower UK retail investors

Rupert Osborne

An investment in jobs, skills, and industrial capacity

Partner content

An investment in jobs, skills, and industrial capacity

Lord Hutton of Furness

Finance

The housing market has already crashed

British Politics

The housing market has already crashed

Will Dunn

Rachel Reeves has a choice

Rachel Reeves has a choice

James Meadway

Cold-water swimming with Canary Wharf bankers

The Weekend Report

Cold-water swimming with Canary Wharf bankers

Lotte Brundle

Inside the Tony Blair Institute

Inside the Tony Blair Institute

Peter Geoghegan and May Bulman

Work

“You know you’re not protected”: inside parliament’s staff crisis

Hattie Simpson

One million Neets are a statistic, but every Neet is a tragedy

Joseph Williams

You should be cheating on your job

You should be cheating on your job

Sam Kahn

The great lie about the British welfare state

Andrew O’Brien

The cruelty of Kemi Badenoch’s “Benefits Street” politics

Anoosh Chakelian

Would anyone work if they didn’t have to?

Would anyone work if they didn’t have to?

Rachel Cunliffe