When it was announced that in Q4 2015 Japan’s GDP was shrinking by a whopping 1.4% on an annualised basis it confirmed that the land of the rising sun is [...]
The UK labour market has a persistent malaise: low productivity and the resulting anaemic wage growth. This has been a feature of the British economy since the [...]
UK industry has been in decline for decades, and for the very good reason that production costs are simply too high to compete with Asia and other [...]
The trade balance is getting a lot of attention in the US presidential primaries, due to Donald Trump’s anti-trade rhetoric. Trump wants trade barriers to [...]
For the last couple of years the talk has been of a Chinese ‘hard landing’, meaning growth dropping below the 6-8% we have witnessed the last few years. [...]
The resignation of Iain Duncan Smith dominates headlines, and for good reasons: the narrative that the Bullingdon Club boys in the Conservative government are [...]
The general consensus among believers in free markets is that the UK should vote to leave the EU in the June referendum. And as a general principle, the chance [...]
Time flies. It is only few months back when everyone thought the Federal Reserve was going to raise US interest rates again at their March meeting. Well, it [...]
George Osborne is a prudent man. Like any financially responsible person, he is aware that you need to produce before you can consume. In his own words, he [...]
Last week's International Women’s Day had a theme: Pledge for Parity! The problem is, you see, that women are paid less than men, and the pay gap won’t [...]