Economy

The demonisation of the white working class
By Lisa Ansell - 06 February 11:52

“Chav bashing” has become an acceptable replacement for overt racism and fuelled the rise of the EDL

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Nick Clegg: charlatan minor
By David Blanchflower - 06 February 10:13

The Deputy Prime Minister's speech on growth was empty waffle.

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Falling in and out of love with the Institute for Fiscal Studies
By Mehdi Hasan - 22 October 14:56

Shock! Horror! Nick Clegg and George Osborne have changed their tunes since entering government.

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Osborne’s secret desire
By Adam Lent - 19 October 10:31

The Chancellor is a flawed visionary. Labour can learn from his strengths and his weaknesses.

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Is Alan Johnson the right man for the job of shadow chancellor?
By Mehdi Hasan - 09 October 13:56

The coalition, and the cuts consensus, have to be challenged, not indulged.

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Conservatives: Beware your flatterers
By Patrick Osgood - 06 October 18:04

An IMF report tells us why Osborne can't talk up growth: there won't be any.

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The truth about the cuts/deficit debate, part 77
By Mehdi Hasan - 06 October 13:22

My economists v George Osborne’s economists . . .

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10 Questions for Vince Cable, post-Question Time
By Mehdi Hasan - 24 September 4:39

An open letter to the Business Secretary following our debate on BBC1.

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The funniest press release of the year
By Mehdi Hasan - 04 August 13:16

Some people on the right still don’t “get it”: their economic model failed.

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The latest in the cuts saga: Trichet v Bernanke
By Mehdi Hasan - 23 July 13:27

Which of the two is more familiar with “depression economics”?

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