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A passionate believer in freedom and true intellectual, he transformed economic journalism in the UK and beyond
Investors are assessing US presidential election polls that show a strong lead for Joe Biden
His Financial Times columns were essential reading for anyone wanting to understand policy for nearly 50 years
The UK’s four tumultuous decades of membership have fuelled controversy and featured huge change
Peer says he wants to determine how ministry can ‘deliver sustained growth and a fairer society’
Let us build garden cities – but we cannot build enough to prevent a housing bubble
Samuel Brittan considers parallels in pre-election growth under chancellors Osborne and Barber
UK chancellor will have to balance his austere instincts against political pressure to ‘do something’
Economists’ obsession over gross domestic product gives the concept an unnecessary air of mystification
Science and technology influence living standards but government still has a role
After the chancellor has delivered the Budget we never know whether we are richer or poorer
True equality may not not even be possible in death – Mozart was buried in a paupers’ grave
There are not many easily falsifiable theories in macroeconomics, so some prefer the micro side
If one analysis is correct, the continued existence of cows disproves the main tenets of capitalism
The current period is reminiscent of 1937, when Keynes said the time was wrong to boost spending
Promoting house-buying is a form of stimulus that does not overtly add to the fiscal deficit
It makes no sense to aim for a high rate in order to create jobs
A defence of competitive markets is also a call to keep the faith
Joseph Stiglitz’s proposals to curb the wealth of the top 1 per cent go too far for Samuel Brittan
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