Dieter Helm: “Capitalism works best with a strong state”
The professor of economic policy at Oxford University discusses Trussonomics and system failure in the UK.
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The energy crisis is a bonfire of free-market vanities
The whole of European capitalism is facing the spectre of price controls, windfall taxes and even nationalisation.
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What is to be done about money?
A new economic history examines how and why money has always been inextricably linked to politics and power.
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Would there still have been climate change under socialism?
Market failure certainly delays aggressive climate action, but even had the whole world in the 20th century been socialist, the…
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In the sleek, luxurious world of athleisure, aspiration hides something much darker
Brands that sanitise their image with New Age jargon have been getting away with hypocrisy for too long.
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Adrienne Buller: “Green capitalism is its own form of denial”
The Canadian author discusses her new book The Value of a Whale and why markets won’t save the world.
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Boris Johnson’s resignation is a problem for Keir Starmer
His replacement will be a safer, more directionless, but less scandal-prone pair of hands – undoing Labour’s entire electoral strategy.
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Corporate culture is ruining live music
The rise of tiered ticketing, VIP packages and cordoned-off areas is destroying concerts. Just look at the Rolling Stones.
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