Don’t bring the house down
Real estate is a load bearing part of the UK economy. Alexander Tziamalis warns how cracks are appearing. London real estate is in a downward spiral, for the first time …
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Enough is enough
The cost of the UK’s inadequate income support is huge. Paul Nicolson writes. The UK has never been generous with its benefits system. In 2008, Tim Harford of the Financial …
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The number of people in the world is set to grow to more than nine billion by 2050. Joss Tantram asks what kind of world do we want for them. …
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Behaviour is good
How do you measure it? Can you turn it around? ‘How?’ is becoming as important a question as how much? in investors’ regulators’ and customers’ appraisals of businesses. Deborah Hawkes …
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If the economy is circular, what shape is the consumer?
Whatever it looks like on the official reports, try to remember: out there it’s muddy and messy. Policy and business may appear to be moving towards greater sustainability but what …
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The attack on Dodd-Frank
Rick Rowden lays out how Trump, Wall Street and the Republicans are committed to dismantling financial regulation in the US. Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation passed in the wake of the 2008 global financial …
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Volcanic Rock: are we prepared for the next eruption?
Shrouded: Few knew what was brewing inside Northern Rock in 2007. Ten years ago Northern Rock disappeared in a cloud of smoke and mirror practices, opacity and mistrust. Richard Murphy asks, …
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Regulating behaviour: time off for good conduct?
The principles underpinning behavioural economics have been attracting legislators seeking to rein in the excesses of the financial sector. Are theymotivated by saving face, political gain or doing right by …
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It ain’t what you think it’s the way that you think it
Mandela: transformed a “them and us” culture to one based on common ground. The global economic and political quandary we face today will not go away if we fail to …
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Brexit: the good, the bad and the ugly
Economists and others gathered to compare notes on Brexit. Deborah Hawkes was there. Before the election, The Mint invited members of the public to join three economists to discuss Brexit, …
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