Osborne should prepare for a triple-dip recession
After returning to growth in the third quarter, the economy is in danger of shrinking again in the fourth quarter. The hope among the Conservatives is that the next set of growth figures - released on...
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View ArticleMiliband has reaffirmed the original neoliberal ideal
The early neoliberals recognised the need for a strong state to challenge private monopolies. Last year, Ed Miliband proclaimed the neoliberal era of the last thirty years to be over when he argued...
View ArticleAirport operator BAA to drop name
British Airports Authority set to brand airports separately. After nearly 50 years, BAA has decided to change its name. The Spanish-owned company announced today that its four remaining airports –...
View ArticleReviews Round-Up
The critics’ verdicts on A M Homes, Jack Straw and Robert Peston.May We Be Forgiven by A M Homes. “A M Homes is a masterful dissector of modern American life,” writes Viv Groskop in the Guardian. “She...
View ArticleNonstarters: turning your dreams into movies
Worst kickstarter video of the week.Dreams, even when remembered, fizz away like sweets dropped in lemonade when the brain switches on for the day. I think there’s probably a good reason for that....
View ArticleTrading kidneys, repugnant markets and stable marriages win the Nobel Prize...
Roth and Shapley charted a course for economists to go beyond simply arguing for markets in everything.The 2012 Nobel Prize in Economics - technically the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences...
View ArticleAlex Salmond is the winner from the Scottish independence referendum deal
The agreement to hold the vote in 2014 is a major victory for the Scottish First Minister. Commentators were quick to declare David Cameron the winner from the Scottish independence referendum deal,...
View ArticleSix of the Best: Independent Publishers Outside London
This year’s Man Booker Prize shortlist features three innovative independent publishers based outside London. Who are they?Alongside Bloomsbury, Faber & Faber and Fourth Estate – names synonymous...
View ArticleTime to abolish the UK's last "rotten borough" - the City of London Corporation
One year on from the Occupy protest at St Paul's, we're no closer to reforming the dark heart of predatory capitalism.On the night Occupy LSX marched into the City tweets came into me asking for help...
View ArticleKoch brothers helpfully check employees know how to vote Republican
A worrying trend amongst employers.The billionaire owners of Koch Industries, also known as the Koch brothers, recently decided to send a helpful information packet to their 45,000 employees, with...
View ArticleThe coalition still lacks a compelling vision for growth
Vince Cable's Enterprise Bill is incoherent and insufficient.Britain and its businesses are crying out for a government that values enterprise and can spur jobs and growth. We are in the deepest and...
View ArticleAs Facebook turns off facial recognition in Europe, is this the start of a...
Meet the new social network, not quite the same as the old social network.After a long struggle with the Irish Data Protection Commission, Facebook is set to delete the last tranche of data kept from...
View ArticleThere is no need to reach for Ken Clarke’s Kafka option in the Justice and...
The dark reality of the UK’s secret justice system is a case of truth being not so very different to the strangest, most disturbing fiction.When the bewildered bank official Joseph K. is sucked into...
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Beware the Chinese Sea-Dragon
Chinese bellicosity in the near seas could usher in a new era of instability. Recently, Chinese assertiveness was brought to the fore by its sparring with Japan over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands in the...
View ArticleQuote of the Day
David Cameron on why Israel must avoid war with Iran. A foreign military strike is exactly the chance the regime would look for to unite its people against a foreign enemy. David Cameron warns Israel...
View ArticleMorning Call: pick of the papers
The ten must-read comment pieces from this morning's papers. 1. The head will decide Scotland’s future (Financial Times) Pragmatic arguments will be the decisive factor in the referendum, writes Janan...
View ArticleThe 1% should recognise a big fortune is usually built on good fortune
Stop weeping about the £600,000 you take home every year shrinking by a few thousand. It is offensive to the people who survive on a hundredth of that, says Alex Andreou.“The rich already pay their...
View Article"The construction industry is having a miserable time. We want to support them.”
Business quote of the day. The construction industry is having a miserable time. We want to support them. Minister Nick Boles tells Parliament the temporary relaxation of planning laws might be...
View ArticleHow many independent inquiries has Labour called for?
Why Miliband's call for an inquiry into the Jimmy Savile affair felt so familiar. Just as he argued that Rebekah Brooks could not lead an inquiry into herself, so Ed Miliband has declared that the BBC...
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