On Wednesday, George Osborne announced £100 billion of investment in infrastructure. A day later, his deputy Danny Alexander detailed the plans, calling them “the most comprehensive,...
The energy regulator Ofgem has issued a strong warning that the margin between energy generation and consumption is closing and that the UK risks blackouts in just...
The payday loan industry, which includes Wonga, PaydayUK and QuickQuid, is worth £2 billion and is now subject to an inquiry by the competition commission. Concerns...
It was 56 years ago today that a 25-year Medical Research Council study confirmed that smoking caused cancer. Tobacco firms rejected the assertion as a ‘matter...
Savings or cuts of £11.5 billion were announced today for the spending period 2015/2016. With the lowest interest rates in history, spare capacity in the economy,...
It’s been a week since the banking commission reported on the industry’s “shocking and widespread malpractice”. Apart from the initial flurry of media interest, the report is...
Wednesday and yesterday’s falls in stock markets around the world are worrying. The fall followed Ben Bernanke’s prediction that the Federal Reserve would ease its bond buying...
Martin Wolf of the Financial Times is an exceptional journalist, and considered one of the most influential writers on economics in the world. In a witty...
People sometimes ask us if we are a magazine that supports the Conservatives. We are always confused by the question. Our only interest is sustainability. Therefore...
It’s depressing how many wealthy white investors advocate profiting from the deaths of poor and, to not put too fine a point on it, black people. Rich...
Capitalism works when there is lots of competition. Capitalism thrives through innovation and creative destruction of the status quo. Monopolistic and oligopolistic incumbents are a threat...
Three-day weeks and brownouts may seem like a distant and unpleasant memory. We face a similar crisis in the coming decade unless our government acts soon...
It was a hot and humid Tuesday afternoon at the Wallacespace venue in Euston as members of the Forum for the Future network gathered to discuss the business...
In light of the G8 arrests yesterday, it’s time we took capitalism back from those who have hijacked it and its definition. The founding fathers of...
The headline for this piece is taken from a Daily Telegraph article from Wednesday. We imagine our readers will either be horrified or rejoice at the...