George Osborne. Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 25 October 9:31

The effects of the second recession have been reversed by 1 per cent growth this quarter.

The Sleipner gas platform, some 250 kms off Norway's coast in the North Sea. Pho
By Alex Hern - 25 October 8:24

Better to extract the fossil fuels, capture the carbon, and store that instead, says Professor Jon Gibbins.

Tower bridge
By Alex Hern - 23 October 13:37

When is "under budget" not "under budget"?

Protesters from the Boycott Workfare campaign outside an M&S on Sunday.
By Alex Hern - 22 October 13:42

All is not as it seems in last week's employment figures.

Rows of booze. Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 22 October 11:55

Minimum pricing takes a back seat to multibuy bans – and may not even work anyway.

New Statesman
By Alex Hern - 18 October 16:04

If you refounded North America, how many currencies would you go for?

New Statesman
By Spencer Thompson - 16 October 18:17

It might not be ALL that, but it's most of that, writes the Big Innovation Centre's Spencer Thompson

A dog. The dog is adorable. But the dog poos. Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 16 October 17:22

Why don't we let dogs crap on the street? Mostly because it's nasty.

GDP percentage growth, quarter on same quarter 1 year ago - estimates.
By Alex Hern - 16 October 13:45

Estimates rarely change that much, but have got worse since the crash.

The IMF's buildings in Washington DC. Photograph: Getty Images
By Jonathan Portes - 16 October 11:15

The number of people who think that this recession was unpredictable is shrinking by the day, writes NIESR's Jonathan Portes.

A patient receives a kidney in Johns Hopkins university in Baltimore. Photograph
By Alex Hern - 15 October 13:25

Roth and Shapley charted a course for economists to go beyond simply arguing for markets in everything.

The Move Your Money campaign outside a Barclays. Photograph: Getty Images
By Ed Mayo - 15 October 9:35

Moving your money is an opportunity to make the banking system as a whole better, writes Co-operatives UK's Ed Mayo.

A Kindle. Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 12 October 14:32

The Kindle Owners Lending Library will sell a lot of Kindles – but Kindles don't make money.

A couple of privileged French fops
By Philip Booth - 11 October 16:11

The Prime Minister says he wants to spread privilege - the IEA's Philip Booth really hopes that isn't what he meant.

Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 11 October 13:27

The University of Cambridge is apparently a safer investment than the UK.

The Matterhorn, Swiss icon. Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 11 October 9:38

Negative nominal interest rates arrive.

Rob Liefeld's Captain America, an infamous example of 90s excess.
By Alex Hern - 10 October 11:30

The collapse of Marvel comics in the 1990s is legend – one everyone can learn from.

A woman rides a bike past a mural supporting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
By Alex Ward - 09 October 17:34

The Bolivarian Revolution vs. the Brazil model.

Do we really need all those hammers? Photograph: Getty Images
By Tess Riley - 09 October 14:47

The networked world allows an unprecedented degree of collaboration within communities.

Some red herring.
By Petros Fassoulas - 09 October 10:45

There is no hope that a renegotiation would be anything but a step towards exit from the EU.

A Spanish flag and a one euro coin. Stock images rule.
By Alex Hern - 09 October 9:58

Some good news from Europe.

Two members of the group onstage at the Investment Banking Awards. Photograph: G
By Alex Hern - 09 October 7:31

The group gatecrashed Investment Banking Awards in Mayfair to present the fake prize.

The Old Street roundabout, an area full of tech startups hoping to benefit from
By Alex Hern - 08 October 15:37

Remember "fire-at-will"? It's back! In co-op form!

French President François Hollande
By Alex Ward - 08 October 15:01

Atlas shrugs in France, and wins.

eBay. Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 05 October 17:45

Frictionless trade is closer than ever before online, according to a new paper.

Friedrich Hayek. Photograph: Getty Images
By William Davies - 05 October 15:33

Would Hayek like minimum pricing for alcohol? No.

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