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March 19, 2014

Beyond the Budget: we need a major economic transformation

The contested details of the latest proposals from the UK Chancellor are only partly illustrative of the momentous economic challenge that lies behind and beyond the Budget, says Simon Barrow. Right now the entire system based at Westminster is failing adequately to comprehend and address, let alone tackle, the really big issues in which economics is a major factor.
January 31, 2012

Austerity measures are hitting the British economy

Austerity measures are damaging the economy in Britain, Italy and Spain, warned Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman.
October 20, 2010

Economist says big business backing for cuts is 'nonsense'

A leading economist has told business leaders they are making a “terrible mistake” in backing drastic spending cuts announced by the coalition government.
September 28, 2010

Live launch for Archbishop's book on economic morality

The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Guardian's economics editor Larry Elliott have 'live launched' a new book on the role of morality and ethics in business.
September 27, 2010

Cutting the economic branch from under us?

The received wisdom perpetuated by the government is that deep and immediate public spending cuts are necessary and beneficial, says Simon Barrow. But there are strong economic arguments that point towards investment in long-term sustainability rather than hitting the most vulnerable to reduce the deficit.
February 27, 2008

A transatlantic view on Williams and Sharia

Doyen US religion commentator Martin Marty gives an American perspective on the argument about civil and religious law sparked by Rowan Williams.
February 27, 2008

A transatlantic view on Williams and Sharia

Doyen US religion commentator Martin Marty gives an American perspective on the argument about civil and religious law sparked by Rowan Williams.
November 16, 2006

'Onward Christian Soldiers' - The Economist 16th November 2006