Mark Littlewood: “The climate has shifted against us”
The outgoing head of the Institute of Economic Affairs on whether the UK will ever turn to free-market economics again.
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HS2 is another casualty of Britain’s optimistic accounting
Politicians were informed in 2016 that the line would overrun its costs, yet that message never reached parliament.
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Believing in scarcity leaves us poorer
In a time of food insecurity and climate catastrophe, we mustn’t be tempted by apocalyptic Malthusian prophecies.
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Economic orthodoxy is a trap
The big prize in politics will be won by the leader who breaks with the existing order.
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The town that was gambled away
Thurrock Council has been left effectively bankrupt after hundreds of millions of pounds were put into risky investments.
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Is anybody running the Bank of England?
It’s the young and poor who pay for their relentless hike of interest rates.
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Is the Bank of England raising interest rates too far?
The base rate has risen to 5.25 per cent. Will it do more harm than good?
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Why Britain is broke, with Ed Conway
The Bank of England can't break the cycle of economic pain.
The end of globalisation
With war in Ukraine and China’s Belt and Road project faltering, the era of open commerce is over. Who will…
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The Bank of England has lots more pain to inflict
Inflation is rising less fast than expected – but that may not be much help.
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Tax wealth and reward work
We must end the absurdity of nurses and teachers paying more of their income in tax than hedge fund traders.
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Why the EU has out-Trumped Trump
Europe has proved far more adept at building walls than the former US president was.
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The algorithms quietly stoking inflation
The prices of most goods are not set by humans, but by automatic processes set to maximise their owners’ gains.
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A world built on sand
Ed Conway’s Material World shows that despite our digital lives it is rocks and minerals that power the global economy.
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Broke Britannia
Britain is trapped in a cycle of inflation and economic pain. What will it take to break it?
By The illusion of prosperity is over
Politicians can no longer count on low inflation to mask the structural flaws of the British economy.
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The price of the Tories’ cynical economics
The Conservatives’ governing philosophy is that the consequences don’t matter so long as there is a line to take.
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Can Labour afford to be ambitious?
As the era of cheap money ends, the party needs to get radical on tax.
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Andrew Bailey must go
The Bank of England has no hope of regaining trust under its current governor.
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Is AI a danger to humanity or our salvation?
The founders of AI are divided over what’s next.
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