Tax wealth and reward work
We must end the absurdity of nurses and teachers paying more of their income in tax than hedge fund traders.
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Why the EU has out-Trumped Trump
Europe has proved far more adept at building walls than the former US president was.
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The algorithms quietly stoking inflation
The prices of most goods are not set by humans, but by automatic processes set to maximise their owners’ gains.
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A world built on sand
Ed Conway’s Material World shows that despite our digital lives it is rocks and minerals that power the global economy.
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Broke Britannia
Britain is trapped in a cycle of inflation and economic pain. What will it take to break it?
By The illusion of prosperity is over
Politicians can no longer count on low inflation to mask the structural flaws of the British economy.
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The price of the Tories’ cynical economics
The Conservatives’ governing philosophy is that the consequences don’t matter so long as there is a line to take.
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Can Labour afford to be ambitious?
As the era of cheap money ends, the party needs to get radical on tax.
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