Why has the Bank of England raised interest rates when a recession is inevitable?
The Bank’s pursuit of lower inflation means a new economic headache: business closures and much higher unemployment.
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Decoding Adam Smith
A new history of The Wealth of Nations shows how the Scottish thinker’s legacy became an economic battleground.
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Inside the BBC reckoning over its economic coverage
With austerity looming, a review is investigating whether journalists have been prone to bias and misleading analogies.
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The real fantasy economics is Rishi Sunak’s claim that spending cuts are unavoidable
The fiscally responsible approach is to build a strong economy through public investment and tax increases on the wealthy.
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Nouriel Roubini: a new Great Depression is coming
The economist who predicted the 2008 crash warns that a combination of uncontrolled inflation and ballooning debt will push the…
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Rishi Sunak’s “grown-up” austerity is a gift to the wealthy
The Prime Minister is serving the corporate and financial zombies kept alive for so long by low interest rates.
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Politicians fixated on growth have led Britain into chaos
Leaders must accept that the old economic regime is over, or face further disgrace.
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Rishi Sunak cannot save the housing market
The Prime Minister has done more than most to encourage new buyers into a needlessly overheated market.
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