Is Brexit breaking Britain?Local elections point to Remain but big parties sell mantra of ‘need to deliver Brexit’Sun May 05 2019 - 12:59
Who would be a central banker these days?Chris Johns: Brexit and Europe’s banks will generate storms for whoever is in chargeSun Apr 28 2019 - 16:39
How much more are you willing to pay for fuel to save the planet?Chris Johns: No policy maker has been able to implement the changes eco-warriors wantSun Apr 21 2019 - 12:28
Chris Johns: Fantasy no-deal Brexit has cost UK equivalent of 22 hospitalsBrexit will stay mired in fantasy until economic reality is acknowledgedSun Apr 14 2019 - 12:45
UK faces prospect of endless negotiations with the EU post-BrexitThe opening terms of the no-deal talks have already been revealed by BrusselsSun Apr 07 2019 - 14:54
Chris Johns: Has Brexit broken Britain irreparably?Britain feels more extremist than even before and people won’t retreat from their deeply held positionsSun Mar 31 2019 - 13:23
Rockonomics and why Taylor Swift is a geniusChris Johns: Big Data allows economists to come up with new answers to old questionsSun Mar 24 2019 - 13:14
Brexit’s most disturbing aspect is the casual adoption of extremist viewsBrexit Britain has gone from the promises of sunny uplands to sounding like Gloria Gaynor – ‘we will survive’Sun Mar 17 2019 - 14:55
Brexit negotiations highlight UK incompetence‘Debating with a narcissist is like trying to assemble an Ikea flatpack with the wrong-sized Allen key’Sun Mar 10 2019 - 13:05
Chris Johns: Yes, it is possible to feel sorry for central bankersThey are blamed for everything in an age where expertise is distrusted and dismissedSun Mar 03 2019 - 13:23
Brexit madness sees EU being blamed for all UK’s problemsWe are used to everything being blamed for Brexit – now everything is blamed on BrexitSun Feb 24 2019 - 15:42
Chris Johns: Is investing in stocks a better bet than property?Property is, in fact, a touch more volatile than most of us seem to realise while stocks produce the best returns of any asset class over the long runSun Feb 17 2019 - 13:08
Chris Johns: Brexit lies could lead to long-term rupture in British politicsNo major political party in UK caters for voters who embrace enlightenment valuesSun Feb 10 2019 - 13:46
Chris Johns: Hold the gloom – it really could be different this timeA global recession is forecast, but something is keeping inflation and interest rates downSun Feb 03 2019 - 11:31
Brexit: Sterling rise could be a false dawn – trench warfare of trade talks still to comeIt cannot be repeated often enough that the backstop was asked for by Theresa MaySun Jan 27 2019 - 12:30
Chris Johns: For Brexiteers the point is to win. Everyone else can go hangThe debating chambers of Eton and Oxbridge do not care for compromiseSun Jan 20 2019 - 12:41
Elite architects of Brexit are safe, far behind the front lineWhile billionaire backers of the Leave campaign will make money either way, it is the young who will pay the priceSun Jan 13 2019 - 14:41
Chris Johns: Robots could liberate us to be more creative at workWe should embrace technology to make our working lives more productiveSun Jan 06 2019 - 12:51
Reasons to be cheerful amid globalisation and rising inequalityImpact of government policy means increased inequality is not inevitableSun Dec 30 2018 - 12:42
It may be decades before real house prices again rise stronglyWhile fiscal issues remain, we do not live in the dystopia described in too many articlesFri Dec 28 2018 - 05:29
Good tidings: Ireland offers a haven from the populist plagueImmigration is blamed for problems it never causes and rarely gets credit for its benefitsSun Dec 23 2018 - 11:58
Need to ask where Brexit is heading? You haven’t been paying attentionChris Johns: An economic, political and social catastrophe grows more likely by the daySun Dec 16 2018 - 13:34
Second referendum will see the British holding hands as they jump over the cliffChris Johns: As the UK fragments, the DUP are ideal candidates for this year’s Darwin awardSun Dec 09 2018 - 12:08
MPs who vote against May’s deal are voting for a potentially unstoppable no-dealMost Brexiteers cheerfully rubbish expert economic analysis, and claim there is nothing to fear from any kind of BrexitSun Dec 02 2018 - 16:09
Chris Johns: regional neglect at heart of populist Brexit backlashDisgruntled Leavers do not typically live in economically successful parts of the UKSun Nov 25 2018 - 14:43
Brexit pantomime would be funny except it’s a tragedyChris Johns: Could it spark a recession? Or a banking crisis? It certainly is not overSun Nov 18 2018 - 13:28
Brexit shows that idiots and incompetents are in charge in the UKThe lesson of the first World War is that terrible things happen to ordinary countries who neither desired nor deserved what happened nextSun Nov 11 2018 - 15:05
November budget would facilitate better plans for tax spendingChris Johns: Annual budgeting exercises can distort economic behaviourSun Nov 04 2018 - 13:09
Alarm as workers seek a bigger slice of economic pieTrump’s economic advisers see reds under every bed, a sign power elites are worriedSun Oct 28 2018 - 15:34
Brexit parallels with the fall of Rome are all too obviousChris Johns: Just wait a few years and the UK will be clamouring to join the euro: Reality has a habit of intruding but it can take its timeSun Oct 21 2018 - 12:45
Chris Johns: The closer Brexit comes, the more you wonder whyMood music suggests a deal is more likely but business still coping with uncertainty and disruptionSun Oct 14 2018 - 12:46
Budget process not fit for purposeChris Johns: Nakedly political process pays no heed to long-term needs of the economyTue Oct 09 2018 - 14:19
Key indicators suggest there may be trouble ahead for global marketsMany financial commentators believe conditions for another crisis are taking shapeSun Oct 07 2018 - 14:49
Cancel the budget until we get more clarity on BrexitChris Johns: The banking crisis reminds us how ‘events’ disrupt even the best-laid plansSun Sept 30 2018 - 12:06
Banks still dangerously exposed to risk of another crisisChris Johns: Banks have successfully resisted global regulatory efforts to make them safeFri Sept 28 2018 - 05:30
Brexit psychodrama dances a little closer to no-deal abyssChris Johns: Britain’s ever-changing stance erodes faith in its reliability as a partnerSun Sept 23 2018 - 13:46
Britain locked in odd civil war over BrexitAttention to detail of life after split from EU is noticeable only by its absenceSun Sept 16 2018 - 13:11
Tell your children to forget becoming doctors or lawyersChris Johns: Data scientists are going to put most of us out of workSun Sept 09 2018 - 12:53
Chris Johns: Stalling house prices are a good thingOvervalued house prices are pernicious but try getting vested interests to admit thatSun Sept 02 2018 - 13:21
Winner-takes-all mentality is not good for societyChris Johns: The bonus paid to Apple’s Tim Cook shines a light on the inequality issueSun Aug 26 2018 - 12:58
Europe must save the British from themselves on BrexitChris Johns: Nobody will win if the UK is allowed to crash out of the European UnionSat Aug 25 2018 - 01:00
We should educate our children about how much money is enoughChris Johns: Some of the most miserable people I know have lots of moneySun Aug 19 2018 - 12:52
Chris Johns: Brace yourself for the Brexit ‘fudge’ crisisSterling volatility seems inevitable even if the City is betting that some deal will be agreedSun Aug 12 2018 - 12:50
Paschal Donohoe should tax property and water properly in the budgetSpend more on education and infrastructure, leave tax rates alone and sort out healthcareSun Aug 05 2018 - 13:09
UK’s Brexit negotiation style is like a dysfunctional family having a rowChris Johns: It seems contemporary Tories act like ‘Brideshead Revisited’ charactersSun Jul 29 2018 - 13:05
There’s now a 50% chance of no deal from Brexit talksBusinesses are activating no-deal contingency plans and fruit is rotting for want of foreign pickersSun Jul 22 2018 - 13:22
Trump and global leaders show deep ignorance of historyChris Johns: US president’s mistaken analysis of China’s trade surplus risks carnageSun Jul 15 2018 - 12:48
Brexit game has changed but fudge is still on the menuChris Johns: Will the fragile truce in the Conservative party last?Sun Jul 08 2018 - 13:24
Brexiteers fight migration battle they could have won under EU rulesLast-minute deal the only option likely to survive UK faction fightingSun Jul 01 2018 - 11:54
Austerity and short-termism is jeopardising our futureBusinesses are like governments: cutting investment for instant cashflow savingsMon Jun 25 2018 - 01:11
