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We have to learn from Japan's lost years The turbulence in the currency markets is a welcome warning sign, says Edmund Conway

First published in the Telegraph on 4 March 2010 Here in Japan, one of the first things everyone wants to discuss, once they find out that you’re from the UK, is the prospect of a hung parliament. The second is the collapse of the pound. The third is the

We must arm ourselves for a class war

First published in the Telegraph on 25 February 2010 If you don’t work in the City or in economics, you may not have heard of the annual Mais lecture, which was delivered last night by George Osborne. But it’s a big deal, arguably the most important set-piece speech

Don't panic about inflation - that can wait

First published in the Telegraph on 18 February 2010 Back in the good old days, economics used to be about numbers, charts and dweebs with calculators. These days, it turns out, it is all about letters. For while those of us in the real world have moved on to email,

The financial reporting bubble

First published in the Telegraph on 12 February 2010 Sorry, but I’m afraid I’m about to embark on a rant. I’ve tried to hold this one in, but I can no longer contain myself. Two particular features of financial (and other) journalism irritate me on such a

Greece could bring euroland to its knees

First published in the Telegraph on 11 February 2010 Pigs are dispensable; or, at least, so says the Ministry of Defence, which yesterday owned up to detonating more than 100 of the poor sow-and-sows in its bid to improve the lot of soldiers blasted by roadside bombs in Iraq and

It is essential that Britain learns from the crisis that has plunged Greece into turmoil

First published in the Telegraph on 4 February 2010 It was one of those moments that can only happen in a place like Davos. There I was last week, having a coffee and minding my own business, when from a nearby table I heard a desperate voice. I assumed it

A jubilee could be the answer to our prayers

First published in the Telegraph on 14 January 2010 A few decades ago, archaelogists digging in modern-day Iraq made a remarkable discovery: the world’s first-known legal contract. The inscription was carved, 4,400 years ago, in Cuneiform text on the bricks of a temple in ancient Lagash, somewhere between