Politics Borrowing is the best way to pay for flood protection As flood defences provide protection for many years to come, it is wholly appropriate to pay for them gradually with long-term borrowing. By Julian Morgan
Shale gas could frack up our manufacturing Fracking won't help our industrial base, if the Dutch disease is anything to go by. By Julian Morgan
Talk is cheap: why the gap between rhetoric and reality in the coalition’s infrastructure policy matters Ministers should not be under any illusion that public spending on high carbon projects offers a quick economic fix. By Julian Morgan