This debate is about the real track record
The second presidential debate will focus on the economics of the middle classes, writes CAP's Heather Boushey.President Obama and Governor Romney are preparing for their next big showdown in New York...
View Article10 things I learned from debating abortion on Twitter
A response to the reaction to my most recent column.I guess I should thank Felix Baumgartner. It was his jump that helped the Twitter mob "move on" from my column on abortion in the New Statesman -...
View ArticleTensions with China reveal Japanese politics to be on the rocks
Nationalist rhetoric won't conceal domestic political woes.The current standoff between China and Japan over a group of rocky islands in the East China Sea is taking place amid leadership changes in...
View ArticleTory MP: Theresa May will have "blood on her hands" if she extradites Gary...
Conservative MP David Burrowes confirms that he will resign as a ministerial aide if McKinnon is extradited. We'll learn from Theresa May at 12:30pm whether computer hacker Gary McKinnon will be...
View ArticleWhy did it take ten years to block the extradition of Gary McKinnon?
What you believe about the McKinnon extradition case is probably falseThe Home Secretary has decided that the extradition of Gary McKinnon will not go ahead. Relying on the same human rights law which...
View ArticleThe IMF changing its stance leaves the OBR and Treasury isolated
The number of people who think that this recession was unpredictable is shrinking by the day, writes NIESR's Jonathan Portes.The IMF's reassessment of the "fiscal multiplier" has sparked off multiple...
View ArticleJohn Burnside at the British Library
The NS's nature columnist is named writer in residence.The New Statesman is delighted by the news that our nature columnist, the poet and novelist John Burnside, will be one of two recipients of the...
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William Klein + Daido Moriyama
The startling, sensual work of two photography mavericks arrives at Tate Modern. Dialogue. It’s one of those words that gets thrown around a lot. It’s a word that's tempting to use when describing Tate...
View ArticleNick Broomfield: “She very much reminded me of Margaret Thatcher”
The documentary maker on Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney and sex in Bedford.After your last two projects, the drama films Ghosts and Battle for Haditha, what inspired you to return to your old style? I’ve...
View ArticleTheresa May blocks Gary McKinnon extradition on "human rights" grounds
Home Secretary finds that the Human Rights Act isn't so bad after all. In a statement to the House of Commons, Theresa May has just announced that she has blocked the extradition of computer hacker...
View ArticleRegeneration: "Not a rebirth, just a little death"
Owen Hatherley and Benedict Seymour talk urban renewal.That Britain’s unequal and restive cities are in trouble was hardly news to the panel debating urban regeneration at Nottingham Contemporary, but,...
View ArticleStools, salad and mild humiliation: the Goldman Greg Smith loved
Smith's first chapter on Goldman Sachs.You may remember Greg Smith, the former Goldman Sachs employee who skewered the Vampire Squid in a New York Times op-ed piece earlier this year. Well he's back...
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ONS reports that ONS actually quite good at estimating GDP
Estimates rarely change that much, but have got worse since the crash.A new study by the ONS (pdf) on the practice of revising quarterly GDP reveals that, despite some high-profile revisions, they are...
View ArticleWhat it's like to be Drudged
Adam Taylor got a month's readers in a day thanks to a link from the Drudge Report. But, he wonders, is the Conservative icon's power waning?It’s a weird feeling, being “Drudged”. I remember my first...
View ArticleThe old aren't stealing our jobs
Baby boomers just as harmless as they look. As people live longer and pension plans are put under pressure, there's been a fairly pervasive thought that younger workers are getting squeezed out by an...
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The inflation hawks were wrong
As NS economics editor David Blanchflower predicted, inflation has plummeted in the last year. Last year, as inflation rose to more than 4 per cent (it eventually peaked at 5.2 per cent last...
View ArticleFighting snark with snark: Bodyform viral video destroys commenter
Snark, snarkier, snarkiest.When Bodyform, the feminine hygene company, received a snarky comment on its Facebook page which went viral, it only had one option: up the snark. It rose to the challenge...
View ArticleCitigroup CEO Vikram Pandit steps down
A suprise exit.The chief executive of Citigroup, Vikram Pandit, has resigned a day after the group reported an 88 per cent drop in quarterly profits. Pandit, chief executive since December 2007, has...
View ArticleStem cells: this election's neglected child
An important issue pushed into the background.In a US election year dominated by economic issues, research using human embryonic stem cells (hESC) has received far less attention in 2012 than in...
View ArticleWhy the Tories are happy for Clegg to bash them
The Conservatives recognise that a revival in Lib Dem support is crucial to their electoral success. A slightly unusual thing happened at Deputy Prime Minister's questions today. Nick Clegg had a go at...
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