Paul Romer’s Nobel lecture shows ground for optimism even in biggest questions

Prize lectures leave no doubt about the need for carbon taxes

The time for seeking alternative approaches elapsed a long ago

Why carbon tax-and-dividend is a winning policy

How to bring capital — human as well as financial — to declining regions  

Protests in Paris are a reminder that altering energy policy hits the worst-off hardest

It is imperative to reconnect lagging regions with activity in the centre

Regional divergence has afflicted all western countries since the 1980s

Plans to shut car plants teach lessons about protectionism

UK-EU withdrawal agreement couldn’t be much different. That’s why it will probably pass

Heed OECD call to prepare co-ordinated fiscal stimulus in case slowdown worsens

The worst off pay the price for worries about overheating

Globalisation was not the cause of job losses among low-educated factory workers

There is a need to act unilaterally so the best does not become the enemy of the good

There are no alternatives to the prime minister’s plan, and no time to find them

How did the economy affect the election and how will it be affected by the vote?

Lessons to learn at the centenary of the 1918 armistice

Leaders mishandled both the run-up and the aftermath to the financial crisis

There are reasons to leave behind ‘It’s the economy, stupid’

White House report on socialism has not kept up with economic knowledge

Surprise public finance boost sends Philip Hammond on a crowd-pleasing spree

The worry should not be how much Italy’s government spends, but on what

By managing assets well, governments can do better on debt too