New Statesman -

Europe is Cameron�s Achilles heel

Irwin Stelzer — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:22:40 GMT

Ed Miliband could pull a trick by following Gordon Brown�s firm line on the EU�s attempts to centralise power. That would expose the Tory leader�s weak right flank and box him in politically.

The rights and wrongs of Ed Balls

Irwin Stelzer — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:24:41 GMT

Ed Miliband�s choice of shadow chancellor is right. But to take the fight to George Osborne and stay in the ring, he says, Balls must redraw Labour�s boundaries between public and private.

Ed Miliband has it all to play for

Irwin Stelzer — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07:35:33 GMT

Various pundits think electing the younger brother as Labour leader has made it sure that the Tories will win the next election. With respect . . .

Why we should be grateful to Tony

Irwin Stelzer — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:15:20 GMT

The former prime minister brought Labour out of the wilderness and made it a serious player again.

Too bad for Balls that he has baggage

Irwin Stelzer — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:21:16 GMT

Damned for his loyalty to Gordon Brown and a thuggish tendency, the shadow schools secretary is the best economist of the Labour candidates. And that matters in the current climate.

The sperm lottery

Irwin Stelzer — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:47:22 GMT

Our tax system is inequitable, but it seems neither main party is capable of change � Labour is obsessed with redistribution and the Tories with inheritance tax. What is to be done?

How to mend a broken Britain

Irwin Stelzer — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:22:42 GMT

Neither of the major parties has a credible plan for limiting the damage caused by borrow-spend-and-tax economics. So what is to be done?

After the big squeeze

Irwin Stelzer — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:02:11 GMT

This is not the New Depression, but we are on the way to discovering how the New�Capitalism will operate argues economist Irwin Stelzer. And in an online exclusive, Vince Cable calls for bonuses to be linked to long-term performance.

NS Essay - 'Unless Gordon Brown can get a grip on government policy, and soon, and reverse course on some of his cherished policies, he will almost certainly lose to the Tories, who seem to be selecting a little child to lead them out of the wilderness'

Irwin Stelzer — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 12:00:00 GMT

By Irwin Stelzer: The leading American economist, who has advised both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, foresees almost certain doom for the Chancellor

The New Statesman Essay - A tide that cannot be turned

Irwin Stelzer — Mon, 16 Apr 2001 12:00:00 GMT

Irwin Stelzer argues that economic self-interest is a better guide to immigration policy than humanitarianism