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Economy 2009
How to mend a broken Britain
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?
Don't panic!
Figures for government debt are constantly being revised upwards, and the numbers seem unimaginably large. But Britain is not about to go bankrupt
The Tories are destined to lose the ideological war
In his NS essay Andy Beckett argues that history is against David Cameron's brand of Conservatism
The fight for Labour’s heart
Ed Balls sees the battle as Labour spending v Tory cuts. Peter Mandelson offers a new narrative. But is the public listening?
The strangest bank of all
Barclays first defied the Treasury by refusing to take its money. Now it won’t join the Chancellor’s insurance plan. But why not?
The scent of blood
The desperate men of Downing Street are trying to hang on to power at any cost. Can a bold, progressive Budget save them?
Boutique banking
Observations on millionaires
Why we must keep on spending
The government must resist the pressure to cut borrowing. What is needed at the Budget is another bold fiscal stimulus package. Without it, we could soon have four million unemployed
No stardust left to sprinkle
With falling tax revenues and soaring public spending, the outlook for this year’s Budget is bleak
The curse of Callaghan
The G20 is over and Labour is still behind in the polls. So why are cabinet ministers considering an election this year?
The hunger for renewal
The Labour Party that capitulated so completely to neoliberalism is exhausted. If it is to be reinvigorated, it will have to embrace bold ideas
Iran's credit crunch
Observations on the marketplace
Don't blame it on the nurses!
George Osborne's scapegoating public sector workers for the excesses of his friends in the City is outrageous and an indication of current Tory thinking, argues Dave Prentis
How global influence has shifted
By inviting more of the world into the global decision-making processes, the US and its close allies are finding they have to deal with the prickly consequences of a changing balance of power
People's protest clogs city
Life in London slowed down as hotspots of protests sprang up in different parts of the city
Marching out of the crisis
World Development Movement's Kate Blagojevic shares her experience of marching with thousands to protest ahead of the G20 summit
What G20 countries want
As the leaders of the world's biggest economies gather in London we look at some of the competing demands of the G20 nations
The Crash - a view from the left
We have to remake democracy and rediscover our capacity for collective change. We need a new socialism not dictated by the few from above, but made by the many from below
Chess in 20 dimensions
Gordon Brown knows that his last chance of staging another comeback rests not on the G20 summit, but on the Budget of 22 April, writes Andrew Grice
Ed Miliband must resign
. . . on political heroes, nationalised banks and family confessionals
Green heroes
The top ten
Green villains
The top ten
Bjorn Lomborg
Cloud control
Interview
Omar Bin Laden
James Macintyre
Brown at war
What if...
Hugh Gaitskell lived
Will Self
On brands
Film review
A Serious Man
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