It has made secular stagnation worse. Fiscal alternatives look a safer bet

A ‘destination-based’ corporate taxation system has a great deal going for it

Central bank should act to prevent the eurozone from slipping into another recession

If democracy means anything, it means a country’s right to change its mind

British farm policy should not prioritise protecting agriculture over cheap food

Two different plans to attack the problem could be combined in a workable compromise

Digital money needs tough regulation rather than bleating in favour of ‘innovation’

Promoting a small Asian city-state as a model for Britain is magical thinking

There is a relatively stable consensus over the value of market-oriented reforms

Unbridled strategic competition between China and the west would be a disaster

Another vote will be divisive — but what is happening is already splitting the country

Elites must consider their responsibility for the worldwide resurgence of strongmen

Much depends on evolution of domestic politics in richer countries, especially the US

The single currency endures but significant adjustments are necessary

Taxes will have to rise, but a politically palatable source of extra revenue is hard to find

Political instability will make it harder to ride out a slowdown

Replicating the success of other high-growth economies is about to become far harder

We are witnessing an upsurge of the most malign forms of this powerful social force

Fanatics seek to impose a highly disruptive experiment on their fellow citizens

The idea that businesses only pursue profits leads to dire outcomes