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Ed Conway

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Britain can still be a power in a changing world

First published in the Telegraph on 9 October 2009 It was not the decoration of the Hagia Sophia that left Alistair Darling’s mouth agape last week, nor the grandeur of its dome. It was the fact that this place of worship, in the heart of Istanbul, was built more

An inconvenient truth: crises are inevitable

First published in the Telegraph on 1 October 2009 The story will be instantly familiar to anyone who has read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: some of the world’s most intelligent beings decide they want to know the answer to the Ultimate Question; they spend years creating

We are entering a new age of protectionism

First published in the Telegraph on 24 September 2009 When Barack Obama, Gordon Brown and their colleagues in the G20 conclude this week’s summit in Pittsburgh, at least one item in the final communiqué is a dead cert. As they did in London six months ago, and Washington six

Osborne's secret weapon to cut the deficit

First published in the Telegraph on 9 September 2009 Within the next nine months, George Osborne should become the youngest Chancellor of the Exchequer since Lord Randolph Churchill in 1886, at just over 39 years of age. By most yardsticks, it ought to be a magnificent achievement. The problem is,

Boom and bust capitalism won't be fixed

First published in the Telegraph on 3 September 2009 There is a hideous hissing noise escaping from the world economy, the piercing sound of deflating ambitions. Any hopes that, in this crisis, we would find an opportunity to redesign our system of capitalism and finance are all but forlorn. Any

How to save the economy and make a fortune - set up a bank

First published in the Telegraph on 19 August 2009 What would you say if I told you I had discovered a solution to the credit crunch? One that didn’t involve throwing billions in good (taxpayers’) money after bad (bankers’); one that would leave the country and the economy in

The empty crisp bag that shows how Britain is beating recession

First published in the Telegraph on 13 August 2009 Isaac Newton’s epiphany came courtesy of an apple; mine was down to an empty packet of crisps. A bright green packet of Walkers’ salt and vinegar crisps, to be precise, which slapped into my goggles as I tumbled down the