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Wal-Mart policy of raising wages should inspire others

Wal-Mart policy of raising wages should inspire others

Low wages are a political choice and we can and should choose differently

Tue Mar 03 2015 - 14:00
Rising inequality isn’t about who has the knowledge, it’s about who has the power

Rising inequality isn’t about who has the knowledge, it’s about who has the power

The argument that an ‘education gap’ is at the root of inequality is at odds with the evidence

Tue Feb 24 2015 - 05:45
Weimar Germany’s pertinent lesson is  not to levy tribute on a ruined Greece

Weimar Germany’s pertinent lesson is not to levy tribute on a ruined Greece

Greece cannot pay its debts in full and austerity has devastated its economy as thoroughly as military defeat devastated Germany

Tue Feb 17 2015 - 01:00
Ignorance about debt has led to wrong- headed austerity policies in US and Europe

Ignorance about debt has led to wrong- headed austerity policies in US and Europe

If everyone slashes spending at the same time, incomes go down around the world

Tue Feb 10 2015 - 01:00
Paul Krugman: Never mind the long term, let’s focus on  the challenges now

Paul Krugman: Never mind the long term, let’s focus on the challenges now

Washington needs to take on the hard issue of short-run gratification

Wed Feb 04 2015 - 11:11
Paul Krugman: Syriza should ignore calls to be responsible

Paul Krugman: Syriza should ignore calls to be responsible

The troika was peddling an economic fantasy: Greeks have paid the price

Tue Jan 27 2015 - 16:06
Grappling with a political era  in which  facts don’t matter

Grappling with a political era in which facts don’t matter

From climate change to Omabacare, actual evidence is irrelevant to an angry cohort

Tue Jan 20 2015 - 01:01
Republican backing of Keystone is all about fossil fuel industry

Republican backing of Keystone is all about fossil fuel industry

Debts must be paid and the oil and gas industry expects to be rewarded for its support

Tue Jan 13 2015 - 06:00
Paul Krugman: Those who blamed Obama for US economic ills now look like fools

Paul Krugman: Those who blamed Obama for US economic ills now look like fools

Stimulus programme and protection of Fed independence key presidential achievements

Tue Jan 06 2015 - 01:00
Russian crisis offers valuable lesson: plunder isn't what it used to be

Russian crisis offers valuable lesson: plunder isn't what it used to be

Putin may be starting to see that war makes you poorer, even if you win

Tue Dec 23 2014 - 01:00
Wall Street uses Republicans to water down financial reform

Wall Street uses Republicans to water down financial reform

A key provision of Dodd-Frank has been reversed thanks to Wall Street’s Congress

Tue Dec 16 2014 - 01:01
Paul Krugman: slow recovery stems from catatonic policy of self-serving US conservative politicians

Paul Krugman: slow recovery stems from catatonic policy of self-serving US conservative politicians

Things finally looking better for American workers but this improvement comes after years of suffering

Tue Dec 09 2014 - 01:00
Is Germany Europe’s real ‘bad boy’?

Is Germany Europe’s real ‘bad boy’?

Euro zone’s largest economy is effectively exporting deflation to its neighbours

Tue Dec 02 2014 - 01:02
Governments fail to learn lessons of economic rock bottom

Governments fail to learn lessons of economic rock bottom

Opinion: those whose doctrines failed reality test refuse to admit error, let alone learn

Tue Nov 25 2014 - 12:06
There’s a lot of good news Republicans don’t want the American public to notice

There’s a lot of good news Republicans don’t want the American public to notice

When the Ebola freak-out was at its peak, it wasn’t just a disease but a political metaphor

Tue Nov 18 2014 - 08:59
Millions of Americans may miss out on healthcare on the basis of an obvious typo

Millions of Americans may miss out on healthcare on the basis of an obvious typo

Consequences if Supreme Court suit were to prevail would be grotesque

Tue Nov 11 2014 - 02:00
Paul Krugman: business leaders are not economic oracles

Paul Krugman: business leaders are not economic oracles

Success in business does not seem to convey any special insight into economic policy

Tue Nov 04 2014 - 15:32
Support for spending is part of America’s history

Support for spending is part of America’s history

Nowadays we simply won’t invest even when the need is obvious

Tue Oct 28 2014 - 01:00
Amazon hurting readers and authors alike by putting squeeze on publishers

Amazon hurting readers and authors alike by putting squeeze on publishers

Book sales depend on word of mouth and online retailer has power to kill buzz

Tue Oct 21 2014 - 01:00
Righteousness is killing the global economy

Righteousness is killing the global economy

Opinion: history shows us mass deleveraging does not work

Tue Oct 14 2014 - 01:00
Conservatives in thrall to old black magic of voodoo economics

Conservatives in thrall to old black magic of voodoo economics

Opinion: Republican diktat to budget office would mean end to policy referee

Tue Oct 07 2014 - 01:00
Invisible wealthy keep inequality shrouded

Invisible wealthy keep inequality shrouded

The truly rich are so removed from ordinary people’s lives that we never see what they have

Tue Sept 30 2014 - 01:00
The urge to blame  victims of recession remains strong

The urge to blame victims of recession remains strong

What the Republican Party really believes is, it’s your own fault

Wed Sept 24 2014 - 10:38
Economists behaving badly compounded catastrophe

Economists behaving badly compounded catastrophe

Opinion: too many influential economists performed poorly after financial crisis

Tue Sept 16 2014 - 01:00
Why Scotland  should think   hard about going it alone

Why Scotland should think hard about going it alone

Opinion: it’s likely Scotland would become Spain without the sunshine

Tue Sept 09 2014 - 01:00
Fall in healthcare costs reveals US Medicare as far from pipe dream

Fall in healthcare costs reveals US Medicare as far from pipe dream

Health spending has slowed sharply - it’s already well below projections

Tue Sept 02 2014 - 01:04
High housing costs pushing Americans out of the northeast

High housing costs pushing Americans out of the northeast

Despite what Rick Perry might argue, it’s housing policy that explains growth in southern states

Tue Aug 26 2014 - 13:23
Wars make no economic sense yet they still happen

Wars make no economic sense yet they still happen

Ukraine confrontation raises some scary prospects

Tue Aug 19 2014 - 01:00
Libertarian notion of US government is foolish fantasy

Libertarian notion of US government is foolish fantasy

Is libertarian economics at all realistic?The answer is no

Tue Aug 12 2014 - 01:00
Wall Street is screaming because US financial reform is working

Wall Street is screaming because US financial reform is working

Creation of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should not have been controversial

Tue Aug 05 2014 - 01:00
Closing outrageous  inversion loophole right now would be  good start

Closing outrageous inversion loophole right now would be good start

The US federal government still gets one-tenth of its revenue from corporate profits taxation

Tue Jul 29 2014 - 01:00
The debt apocalypse has been called off

The debt apocalypse has been called off

It’s hard to escape the feeling that debt panic served a political purpose

Tue Jul 22 2014 - 01:00
Usual suspects still agitate despite Obamacare success

Usual suspects still agitate despite Obamacare success

Opinion: predictions continue to be doom-laden despite the evidence

Tue Jul 15 2014 - 01:00
When faith meets evidence, evidence doesn’t stand a chance

When faith meets evidence, evidence doesn’t stand a chance

Conservative delusions about inflation hint at a much larger rejection of fact-based thinking

Tue Jul 08 2014 - 01:04
Supply-side tax cutters in the fantasy land of Oz

Supply-side tax cutters in the fantasy land of Oz

The experience of Kansas is just the latest evidence that Reagan’s trickle-down economics is a fantasy

Tue Jul 01 2014 - 01:01
Ideal  path on climate policy could be compromise of a second-best solution

Ideal path on climate policy could be compromise of a second-best solution

In policy terms, climate action would probably look like health reform

Tue Jun 24 2014 - 13:15
In defence of Obama: why this could be his best year

In defence of Obama: why this could be his best year

Opinion: the US president should be judged by his achievements, not his press

Tue Jun 17 2014 - 01:00
Hostility to science frustrating attempt to tackle global warming

Hostility to science frustrating attempt to tackle global warming

Toxic mix of ideology and anti-intellectualism makes rational action on climate so hard

Tue Jun 10 2014 - 01:00
Rich getting wealthier but inequality denial persists

Rich getting wealthier but inequality denial persists

Critics of consensus need to ask whether they’re seeking intellectual honesty, or are acting as concern trolls

Tue Jun 03 2014 - 01:00
Europe’s success in job creation a  well-kept secret  in US

Europe’s success in job creation a well-kept secret in US

US conservatives don’t like to admit that European-style welfare states have proven more successful at job creation

Tue May 27 2014 - 01:00
Bankers not blamed for errors while families paid in full

Bankers not blamed for errors while families paid in full

How can people feel good about track records that are objectively so bad?

Tue May 20 2014 - 01:00
The US right’s new reason for opposing action on climate change: it’s Marxist

The US right’s new reason for opposing action on climate change: it’s Marxist

Justice Scalia’s criticism of an attempt to curb pollution gives a taste of what’s to come

Tue May 13 2014 - 01:00
Republicans still slinging  mud at health reform in hope its success won’t stick

Republicans still slinging mud at health reform in hope its success won’t stick

The constant harping on alleged failure of Obamacare works as innuendo

Tue May 06 2014 - 01:00
US right needs to reflect on its fight for ‘freedom’

US right needs to reflect on its fight for ‘freedom’

Opinion: rancher Cliven Bundy’s racist ranting has given American conservatives an easy out

Tue Apr 29 2014 - 01:00
Sweden a classic case of sadomonetarism in action

Sweden a classic case of sadomonetarism in action

Country went from being a role model for recovery to the Nordic Japan

Tue Apr 22 2014 - 01:01
Costly financial sector gives us little or nothing

Costly financial sector gives us little or nothing

There is a clear correlation between the rise of modern finance and the US’s return to Gilded Age levels of inequality

Tue Apr 15 2014 - 01:00
Moderate inflation is a kind of economic lubricant

Moderate inflation is a kind of economic lubricant

Tue Apr 08 2014 - 01:01
US skills gap a zombie  idea that refuses to die

US skills gap a zombie idea that refuses to die

Skills myth shifts attention away from soaring profits and bonuses

Tue Apr 01 2014 - 01:00
Republican policy favours those living off inherited wealth

Republican policy favours those living off inherited wealth

Today’s GOP values the interests of the rich over those of ordinary families

Tue Mar 25 2014 - 01:00
GOP racism signals failure to accept an inconvenient truth

GOP racism signals failure to accept an inconvenient truth

Paul Ryan wasn’t being inarticulate - he was making the only argument that he’s got

Tue Mar 18 2014 - 01:00
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