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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There’s a new factor pushing up energy prices, and it has nothing to do with Russia
The heatwave has left rivers and reservoirs across Europe at record low levels, and it’s driving up the price of…
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The Tories didn’t cause the energy crisis – but they have made it much worse
The UK has been left exposed to dwindling supply and rocketing prices by poor political choices.
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The Tories are playing a dangerous game with the Bank of England
A financial crisis is coming and Liz Truss has the air of a gambler who bets the lot at the…
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Has the UK gone cold on Russian sanctions?
Six months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, enthusiasm for the economic war on Putin is hard to find.
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Leader: The price of Conservative rule
For more than a decade the Tories have deployed fiscal policy in the service of political capital – and Liz…
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The coming economic storm
As inflation reaches a 40-year high and with Britain facing a punishing recession, the Conservative leadership contenders have failed to…
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Can interest rate rises reduce the UK’s “astronomical” inflation?
Inflation is now predicted to rise above 18 per cent, despite six consecutive rate rises by the Bank of England.…
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