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Continuing to muddle through, massage the figures and implement bad policies will only make the problems worse
The IFS director’s enthusiastic, informed guide offers much analysis — but little reassurance
The cost of living crisis combined with the fiscal challenge pits support for households against even higher borrowing
‘If we get this wrong, we risk a de facto general strike,’ minister says, as anger builds over public sector pay
The party will have to be more generous than their manifesto implied
Philip Hammond promised spending ‘envelope’ will determine whether austerity is over
Demographic change means that policies will have to adapt to an ageing population
Good times are not here again, despite political pressure to loosen the pursestrings
Wealth is a combination of cash and assets and many of us have more than we think
What we really need is far-reaching reform and the introduction of a land value tax
Signs of climbdown after Tory MP says measure has ‘zero chance’ of passage through the Commons
Think-tank says chancellor is running out of ‘wriggle room’
Drinkers, drivers, higher earners and savers are the main winners, think-tank says
Lawson’s successors have killed off the UK dream of a coherent low-tax system, writes Paul Johnson
New lows required on public spending and pay in the civil service to meet targets
Osborne’s talent for making more of the same feel less onerous
A tight spending review but cuts to unprotected departments less than expected
Italy’s bank rescue shows bad old ways not forgotten
The European Cental Bank is right to consider more stimulus
The amazing economic resilience of societies hit by terrorism
Enthusiasts and detractors both make too much of money metallism
Growth and inequality in the preindustrial era
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