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Alex Hern is a staff writer at the New Statesman. You should follow Alex on Twitter.

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Economics blog
How do you price the death of the world?
21 March 2013

Climate change is hard to account for.

Economics
Osborne's housing policy risks being sub-prime for Surrey
20 March 2013

Our housing market is overheating as it is. The last thing we need is a massive lending spree.

Economics
The budget's effect on growth? Zero. Zip. Zilch. Nada.
20 March 2013

The OBR confirms: this budget is tinkering around the edges.

UK Politics
Budget 2013: liveblog
20 March 2013

Join us as we cover George Osborne's fourth budget in office. Scroll to the bottom for the latest.

Economics
Unemployment rises slightly in the run-up to the budget
20 March 2013

Youth unemployment rises rapidly.

Business blog
You can survive without Flash. And now Adobe might have to
20 March 2013

Apple has hired Adobe's CTO. Is this the death of Flash?

Economics blog
The Economist agrees: Bitcoin is looking a tad bubbly
19 March 2013

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Economics
Cyprus counterintuition part two: "Britain's next"
19 March 2013

Are we heading down the same road?

Business
Inflation up by 0.1 percentage point, real wages down by 1%
19 March 2013

RPI sent out to the great big spreadsheet in the sky.

Economics
Cypriot counterintution part one: "It was a good thing"
19 March 2013

Should we be cheering one of the first wealth taxes of this millennium?

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