Irwin Stelzer
Articles by Irwin Stelzer
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Economy
How to mend a broken Britain
- 07 May 2009
- 3 comments
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?
Economy
After the big squeeze
- 19 February 2009
- 36 comments
This is not the New Depression, but we are on the way to discovering how the New Capitalism will operate argues economist Irwin Stelzer. And in an online exclusive, Vince Cable calls for bonuses to be linked to long-term performance.
Politics
NS Essay - 'Unless Gordon Brown can get a grip on government policy, and soon, and reverse course on some of his cherished policies, he will almost certainly lose to the Tories, who seem to be selecting a little child to lead them out of the wilderness'
- 07 November 2005
By Irwin Stelzer: The leading American economist, who has advised both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, foresees almost certain doom for the Chancellor
Ideas
The New Statesman Essay - A tide that cannot be turned
- 16 April 2001
Irwin Stelzer argues that economic self-interest is a better guide to immigration policy than humanitarianism
Politics
The welfare state lives on (alas)
- 08 January 1999
You think redistribution is doomed? Cheer up. Irwin Stelzer, lover of the free market, sees (to his regret) hope for the left









