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May 30, 2013
©Philip Wolmuth
May 16, 2013
Britons want more work – let’s help them
There is very substantial spare capacity in the British economy
©Bloomberg
May 2, 2013
Beware the spell of magic numbers
Economics would benefit from a less credulous acceptance of each purported research finding
- Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart Austerity not the only answer
- Analysis Austerity is hurting – but is it working?
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Apr 18, 2013
Thatcher was right – there is no ‘society’
Aid for the poor, or distressed regions, must come from the citizens of the country concerned
Apr 4, 2013
Forget trying to change any country
Germany turned its back on the conventional wisdom and did quite well
Mar 20, 2013
It’s the monetary policy that matters
Serious macroeconomic consideration should centre on the monetary review
- Editorial A Budget for tomorrow rather than today
- Martin Wolf Shrewd politics, brutal economics
Mar 14, 2013
The British Budget is not as great as it was
The chancellor’s showpiece had its heyday in the 1960s and has never regained its economic eminence
- Budget 2013 Wishlists
- Business wins more say on apprenticeships
Feb 28, 2013
A not-so-secret sterling devaluation ploy
The antics of a rating agency are a sideshow to the adventures of the pound
- Adam Posen The UK is very European – in its mistakes
- Martin Wolf Weaker pound is welcome but no panacea
Feb 14, 2013
A proposal for the Bank’s new mandate
Dogged pursuit of highbrow theories leaves little room to manoeuvre
Jan 31, 2013
The folly of beggar-my-neighbour policies
Japan needs to watch that its campaign for a lower yen does not go beyond talking
Jan 17, 2013
A funny way of firing up the locomotive
Austerity policies make depressions and unemployment worse
Jan 3, 2013
The decline of western dominance
Developing countries now account for about half of total world output
Dec 20, 2012
A case remains for economic liberalism
The philosophy’s basic tenets hold sound despite the financial crisis
Dec 6, 2012
Stale debate holds back Britain’s recovery
Partisan bickering could be avoided with a division into three elements
Nov 22, 2012
Britain’s policy echoes Habsburg decline
Indicators suggest that conditions are hopeless but not desperate
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Nov 11, 2012
A call to the west in its last-chance saloon
A refreshing perspective on the economic decline of advanced countries and the origins of the crisis
Oct 25, 2012
Explanation for Britain’s economic puzzle
Employment has held up but output is 3 per cent below the 2008 peak
Oct 11, 2012
The harmful myth of the balanced budget
The common sense approach is not as simple at it might appear
ABOUT SAMUEL
Samuel Brittan has been an economic commentator on the Financial Times since 1966. Prior to this he was economics editor of the Observer (1961-64) and an
adviser at the Department of Economic Affairs (1965).
He has been awarded the George Orwell, Senior Harold Wincott and Ludwig Erhard prizes. He was a member of the Peacock Committee on the Finance of the BBC (1985-86). He was knighted in 1993 for “services to economic journalism” and also that year became a Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur. His column appears on alternate Fridays.
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