It is an untapped source of government funding that could also improve productivity

Why the levy on fortunes is as enduring as the ultra-democratic nation itself

Zug takes only a small portion from its richest residents but the revenue is significant

A levy used all too rarely could remedy 40 years of policy neglect

If ability to pay matters, levies on wealth should be as ubiquitous as on income

Latest parliamentary events can only return the country to the same place  

By changing course, the US central bank catches up with markets

The west’s economic ills predate trade with poor countries

Ascendance of system-critical parties still behind where it was in 1980s

More questions and answers about investor benchmarks and safe government funding

Falling urban wage premium is the flip side of regional convergence

How policymakers should think about regional divergence

Sovereign borrowers can make their liabilities safer without safe assets

Defeat of withdrawal deal does not change realities confronting the UK

The chimera of industrial champions is the wrong answer to China

Let the ECB issue time deposits to satisfy demand for riskless security

Why it is economically and politically important to distinguish two separate concepts

Short-term recession-fighting matters for long-term problems

Globalisation can only be blamed for a small part of industrial job losses in rich countries

The sector is due a carbon efficiency overhaul

Tentative enjoyment of natural riches has protected the country from the curse of crude

The year when the global economy may have peaked