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Renowned figures from business and politics lay out their ideas on how the UK’s economy can recover from recession

From COMMENT Sep 23, 2012

Only Tolstoy’s warriors can cut UK debt

It takes time and patience to reduce indebtedness, writes Norman Lamont

©Jonathan McHugh From COMMENT Sep 21, 2012

Imperial dreams still haunt Britain

We should be neither ashamed nor beholden to history, writes Richard Vinen

From COMMENT Sep 20, 2012

Return of animal spirits will benefit all

Industry must figure out how to adapt to new conditions, writes Martin Taylor

Ingram Pinn illustration ©Ingram Pinn Philip Stephens from COMMENT Sep 20, 2012

British foreign policy should be realist

Emotion draws the country across the Atlantic but hard calculation pulls it back to Europe

From COMMENT Sep 19, 2012

UK has political capital to lift investment

For every 10 miles of privately financed road, you get 15-20 on gilts, writes Jesse Norman

From COMMENT Sep 18, 2012

Lessons in store for austerity Britain

A time of hardship can be transformed into one of opportunity, writes Philip Clarke

From COMMENT Sep 17, 2012

UK still has the energy to power recovery

We need a managed decline of fossil fuels, not unthinking abandonment, says John Browne

UK U-turn Larry Summers Lawrence Summers from COMMENT Sep 16, 2012

Britain risks a lost decade unless it changes course

To increase its future potential output, the UK should raise its output today

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