The crew of the ISS, including Commander Chris Hadfield, return to earth. Photog
By Michael Brooks - 17 May 14:24

While everyone loves Commander Chris Hadfield, it's Iowan James Hansen who really needs the attention.

Artwork by Julie Cockburn
By Robert Skidelsky - 17 May 12:53

Keynes, Hobson, Marx - and the crisis of capitalism.

A young Roma girl does her homework in Romania. Photograph: Getty Images
By Alan Anstead - 17 May 12:30

The tabloids are smearing Roma – but we've heard these myths before.

Tough at the top: the greatest number of social divisions occurs in the wealthie
By Danny Dorling - 16 May 15:05

Britain's poor were absolutely and relatively better off until Thatcher was elected in 1979. Since then, the bottom half of society is worse off than it was in 1983.

New Statesman
By Alex Hern - 16 May 8:45

Dictionary of Numbers provides that much needed context.

Members of Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn sing the country's national anthem.
By Left Outside - 15 May 9:58

Cutting your nose off to incentivise your face to implement much needed structural reforms.

Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 15 May 8:31

A bad end to a bad year for François Hollande.

Photograph: BFI/Vimeo
By Alex Hern - 13 May 16:29

"They built an arch of marble, and called it Marble Arch."

Hinckley Point nuclear power station. Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 10 May 16:56

Accounting profit is necessary for publicly traded companies to survive; it's not a sign of extortion.

Photograph: Getty Images
By Duncan Exley - 08 May 16:13

The UK is a worse country in which to be a mother than many poorer nations, according to Save the Children.

Sunderland, the most equal city in Britain, in 1880. Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 07 May 14:16

What is inequality on an urban level?

Keynes in the Mount Washington hotel in 1944. Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 07 May 12:27

The historian isn't so hot when he's looking forwards in time.

New Statesman
By Alex Hern - 06 May 17:57

Our education system still funnels people towards universities.

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By Alex Hern - 06 May 16:34

Questionnaire "had failed its scientific validation".

New Statesman
By Alex Hern - 05 May 13:39

Without being able to turn to now-slain canards, the chancellor's arguments fall apart.

A map of the proposed route. Photograph: Construction Manager
By Alex Hern - 04 May 13:38

Canal running from Pennines to London would transport goods, power and water.

Photograph: Getty Images
By Preston Byrne - 04 May 12:26

Boosting house prices is a funny way to solve the housing crisis, writes Preston Byrne.

Staff in a dispatch centre package goods to ship. Shift workers are frequently u
By Alex Hern - 02 May 10:09

Combining underemployment and unemployment shows the output gap is much bigger than previously estimated.

Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 01 May 15:57

Bitcoin fans, take note.

New Statesman
By Declan Gaffney - 01 May 11:48

What happened between 2004 and 2010 is more people started writing about welfare.

New Statesman
By Alex Hern - 01 May 9:17

America's on a hiding to nothing, and it's not much better here.

New Statesman
By Alex Hern - 30 April 13:06

ECB rate cuts expected

Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 30 April 8:48

"Just" £15,000 for three days work a month.

A new data-centre in Manhattan. Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 29 April 8:21

EBS has changed its rules to discourage algobots.

Shinzo Abe. Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 26 April 15:33

What do Japan's "lost decade" and the intractable problem facing bitcoin have in common? Deflation.

Photograph: Getty Images
By Annie Quick - 26 April 10:46

What would Britain be like if the income distribution was the same as in 1977?

Supporters of Pakistan's Islamist party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) hold f
By Samira Shackle - 25 April 16:09

As the country gears up for its first ever democratic transition, the secular liberal parties have been threatened into silence.

Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 25 April 15:33

Yes, you read that right.

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