Chris Johns: Brexit semantics game focuses on meaning of ‘meaningful’Shift in Brexit deadline or further fudge awaits as hard Brexiteers run clock downSun Jun 17 2018 - 12:30
Chris Johns: Semantics of Brexit means nobody knows what’s going onChoice facing UK is whether to shoot themselves in foot or in headSun Jun 10 2018 - 19:04
Chris Johns: predicting what will happen in the labour market is very difficultWe should encourage more students to be different to robots, not to be like themSun Jun 03 2018 - 16:29
Chris Johns: Ireland faces bigger threats than overheatingOECD’s warning about the Irish economy should not be seen as a big dealSat Jun 02 2018 - 01:00
Very different referendums raise concern for the UnionIdeology rather than practical politics still dominates UK Brexit discourseSun May 27 2018 - 11:56
Trust eroded by UK’s half-baked Brexit ideas for the BorderWho in Europe can trust UK when half its cabinet clearly doesn’t trust other half?Sun May 20 2018 - 13:43
Time to tax narcotics as war on drugs will never be wonDrug revenue would be put to better use in hands of government rather than gangsSun May 13 2018 - 12:12
Brexit is like quantum mechanics, nobody understands itChris Johns: Maybe the Brexit equations could be solved with the addition of some dark matter?Sun May 06 2018 - 13:01
Government should focus on growing Dublin and war-gaming next recessionEU economic growth has suddenly halted and Ireland needs to prepare for recessionSun Apr 29 2018 - 13:12
The UK government has made Brexit promises it cannot keepThe UK continues to believe EU will back down and accept a magical solution offered by yet-to-be invented techSun Apr 22 2018 - 15:42
China stealing from the US? Nothing new in pinching each other’s best ideasChris Johns: Trump may rail, but intellectual property theft litters historySun Apr 15 2018 - 13:46
Sharing wealth is the best antidote to populismChris Johns: As a first step to cutting income inequality, let’s make pensions mandatorySun Apr 08 2018 - 13:27
Chris Johns: Brexit dividend for NHS is just another UK government lieStrategy of Brexiteers is to hold their nerve for another year to get Britain out of EUSun Apr 01 2018 - 13:19
Stock markets have more to be nervous about than just a trade warChris Johns: Angst at globalisation is at the heart of Trump’s appeal, Brexit and general populismSun Mar 25 2018 - 15:05
Brexiteers and Putin have a lot in common, both pine for empireChris Johns: looks like we’re back in the cold war of 1970sSun Mar 18 2018 - 14:53
Chris Johns: Globalisation has benefited billions of people worldwideTariffs on steel and aluminium are top of a list of dumbest things to doSun Mar 11 2018 - 15:56
Brexit basket case: the British have forgotten how to deal with factsChris Johns: UK politicians embrace Border fudge at every turnSun Mar 04 2018 - 12:41
Brexit la-la land just gets madder and madderChris Johns: Detail-hating Brexiteers still don’t see the Border’s Bino potentialSun Feb 25 2018 - 15:11
Forget Boston and Berlin: let’s look to Canada for our economic modelAs we watch our neighbours sink ever deeper into nativism we need to be on guard for anything that sucks us into similar madnessSun Feb 18 2018 - 12:26
Trump’s kleptocracy to the left and Brexit idiocracy to the rightChris Johns: The forces that drove Trump’s election also prompted a vote for BrexitSun Feb 11 2018 - 14:58
The great stock market sell-off: have the robots run amok?Chris Johns: Algorithmic trading has played a role in recent market volatilityWed Feb 07 2018 - 01:00
Chris Johns: Talk of UK economic nirvana from Brexit is just hot airTime has come for both sides in Brexit debate to admit they have no idea what is going onSun Feb 04 2018 - 15:21
Chris Johns: Is this time really different for stock markets’ bull run?Recent boom in stock prices worldwide has taken markets into nosebleed territorySun Jan 28 2018 - 12:21
Why the UK’s juvenile Brexiteers can’t see what’s staring them in the faceChris Johns: The UK still doesn’t realise it can’t divide and rule the other EU membersSun Jan 21 2018 - 12:54
Never mind inflation – central banks must see the bigger pictureThe focus on inflation is flawed – we would all be better-served by prioritising growthSun Jan 14 2018 - 12:38
Brexit, the NHS and Britain’s slide into a cultural cesspitChris Johns: Instead of rescuing the NHS, Downing Street is consumed by a tribal battleSun Jan 07 2018 - 13:30
Chris Johns: Ignore Michael Gove, it’s time to become an expertRecognising complexity of housing and Brexit problems is the only way to solve themSat Dec 30 2017 - 10:00
Business review of 2017: Brexit and Trump fail to halt global boomThis year's international economic renaissance shows how forecasts are more art than scienceFri Dec 29 2017 - 09:29
Chris Johns: Why put out an economic fire when there isn’t one?All this talk of the economy overheating might be just that - talkTue Dec 26 2017 - 10:30
Chris Johns: Worry more about bonds than BrexitIt is bond markets which determine what central banks can doSun Dec 17 2017 - 15:24
Big Brexit fudge has not removed risk of catastrophic outcomeChris Johns: Ireland needs an insurance policy, and the Apple cash would do for startersSun Dec 10 2017 - 16:43
Brexit fudge proves to EU that UK is an incompetent negotiating partnerChris Johns: Boris Johnson must now be thinking about Dunkirk rather than D-DaySat Dec 09 2017 - 01:00
How your pension may be worthless and nobody is prepared to fix itYoung Irish people are not being offered the same deal that was granted to their parentsSun Dec 03 2017 - 13:33
Ignorance of Irish history means Brexit talks will not end wellBritish politicians should know Varadkar has no option other than the line he is takingSun Nov 26 2017 - 13:28
Chris Johns: Brexiteers refuse to tell people that life will get worseNo minister is saying that in return for something in talks, the UK must give somethingMon Nov 20 2017 - 05:45
Chris Johns: Ireland needs Plan B for life after corporation taxNo need to worry about economy overheating but we need to look past corporate taxesSun Nov 12 2017 - 13:02
Populism, free-trade zealots and the future of western democracyChris Johns on whether the global economic-political order is at an inflection pointSun Nov 05 2017 - 14:03
Theresa May held captive by Tory press and her 'headbangers'Chris Johns: The chances of no deal on Brexit keep rising with the passage of timeSun Oct 29 2017 - 15:15
Chris Johns: Large multinationals are getting away with murderAnd this is why Ireland is going to need a new business modelMon Oct 23 2017 - 06:00
Chris Johns: Hard Brexit is no longer a risk – it is the UK’s objectiveShould the hard Brexiteers get their wish, the first casualty will be sterlingMon Oct 16 2017 - 06:15
Chris Johns: Remember, the next economic crisis awaitsBudget 2018: The temptation to spend now and worry later nearly always winsTue Oct 10 2017 - 17:00
Chris Johns: Boosting productivity should be UK’s priorityDriven by the ideology of Brexit, the British government cannot deliver economic growthSun Oct 08 2017 - 14:43
Chris Johns: Titanic Brexit task could turn into Tory disaster movieConservative Party faces possibility of annihilation as a result of epic Brexit challengeSun Oct 01 2017 - 13:07
Chris Johns: Brexit now a problem without a solution for UKEuropean Union can offer only options that Britain has already ruled outMon Sept 25 2017 - 06:00
Taxing the rich means taxing the elderly ...and that won’t flyIntergenerational shift as young people face future where they are less well off than their parentsSun Sept 17 2017 - 12:55
Time for radical thinking in the budgetBuild more houses and infrastructure, introduce congestion charging and raise motor taxesSun Sept 10 2017 - 13:23
Incompetent May lacks skills needed in Brexit crisisChris Johns: British prime minister lacks qualities required to lead UK safely out of EUMon Sept 04 2017 - 06:45
Sterling is being buffeted by short-term noise but Brexit is the big stormIf current sterling weakness isn’t a full-blown crisis it is certainly a major headache for many companiesSun Aug 27 2017 - 15:00
Chris Johns: UK’s Brexit trade stance is madness without methodOffer of tariff-free access to British economy looks clever but strategy is flawedSun Aug 20 2017 - 13:55
Chris Johns: ‘Capitalism might not be dead but it is totally rigged’The flicker of economic growth has stemmed the populist tide for now but for how long?Sun Aug 13 2017 - 14:51
