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All things being unequal
Sarah McKinley describes a structural reset to democratise our economies. The results of the recent midterm elections in the US were less polarised than anticipated and the threatened Republican Red
Broken China
The world’s second largest economy may have reached its zenith, says Richard Vague. China failed to deliver anything close to its historically-robust growth in the September 2022 quarter, with 3.9%
Fighting inflation with flat-earth monetary policy
Blair Fix puts interest rates to the test in the treatment of inflation and raises a laugh. Advances in science almost invariably arise from questioning received wisdom — taking ideas
Profit and profiteroles
South Africa’s rulers are so detached from their electorate they don’t even let them eat cake. Lebohang Liepollo Pheko explains. Every year on the weekend closest to January 8th, the
Some are more equal than others
There’s more to extreme wealth than first appears. Mark Thomas points it out. We are all used to inequality. There is inequality of height, weight, shoe size and just about
The Beijing sting
John Perkins recounts times spent hoodwinking developing economies out of their resources for the US and warns how his Chinese counterparts are raising the bar. I was an economic hit
The debt ceiling melodrama
US federal debt has its limits. Richard Vague tells the tale. One of the great melodramas of American politics erupts in Washington when the federal debt approaches its statutory limit and
The great pretenders
It’s time for the bosses to stop posing as helpers of disadvantaged groups and to just get out of their way. Patricia Gestoso offers directions. In 2013, the then chief
Too Big to Succeed?
Is a coalition of more than 500 financial firms fit to race against climate change? Willy Diddens looks at the form. In April 2021, the UN Special Envoy on Climate
Which way will water flow?
Justin Taberham examines the prospects for the UK water sector. Near daily media interest and criticism of water companies’ pollution performance has lately been often stimulated by public reporting or