Apr
27
Ditching the triple lock is no silver bullet for the pensions crisis
The odd thing about the triple lock – the pensions formula which has become so
expensive that the government is now
3 min read
Edmund Conway
Mar
15
More than a u-turn. Why Philip Hammond's reversal on National Insurance matters
It is difficult to know where to begin. There is nothing new about u-turns from
Chancellors – Lord knows George Osborne
3 min read
Jan
26
The real powerhouse of the UK economy
Which of the following sectors would you say has made the biggest contribution
towards UK economic growth over the past
1 min read
Nov
23
The Autumn Statement in seven charts
As Autumn Statements go, this was both thick and thin.
Thin in terms of the number of pages in the
5 min read
Nov
07
The Why, not the What. Could we Brits learn something about exit polling from the Americans?
Who voted for Brexit and why?
Did the Leave vote ultimately come down to a battle between old and young?
3 min read
Sep
21
The dangers of the R word
Even if you weren’t following the referendum campaign closely you’ll probably
remember a few of the economic highlights
3 min read
Jul
14
The elephant (not) in the room
At the time of the Bank of England’s interest rate decision, no-one in the room
knew who was going
2 min read
Jun
24
What the...
Here are some initial stream-of-consciousness thoughts. Apologies if they’re a
bit incoherent.
This much we know: today is already
2 min read
Feb
25
The new new normal
It says something about the state of the world economy that as of the latest
data Britain was the G7’
2 min read
Feb
25
When crunch talks go wrong
It’s a little-known fact that John Maynard Keynes was dosed up on mind-altering
drugs when he carried out one
5 min read