Politics: Economy

We hate to say it, but there is a third way

The left should show that it too, can be thrifty in straitened times. But that doesn't mean timidly accepting the smaller-state proposals of the Tories

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Banking is too important to be left to greedy and reckless bankers

It is sickening to see our wretched bankers dusting themselves down with taxpayers' money. Labour has to act.

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A new sun rises in the east

China will emerge over the next half-century as the world’s leading power. But how will Chinese hegemony be expressed, and how will the west deal with its displacement and sense of loss?

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When China Rules the World

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Nothing to turn back to

Irresponsible capitalism has left us in economic and political turmoil. The solution is a new democracy – and a new socialism, argues Neal Lawson

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We need an earthquake

Obama has exposed the timidity of Blair and Brown – whose disastrous legacy is a Britain with no strong, credible left-of-centre voice

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Cuba goes capitalist

Observations on private property

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The gold standard

Observations on recession successes

The national interest

With France’s dirigiste economic approach being hailed as a model for the world, state intervention is fashionable once more

Look back for a brighter future

History will judge New Labour harshly. Unlike the 1945 government, it lacked a reforming vision – but the financial crisis provides an unprecedented chance for renewal

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