Economics
The balance of power
Economics will be key in the looming new Cold War between the US and China
A short history of UBI
Universal Basic Income has been around for a while
Reckless US faces a reckoning
Trump’s spending spree will mean sky-high inflation and interest rates
Nazi blueprint for postwar integration
How Walther Funk’s 1940 memo predicted the rise of the European Union
What price coronavirus?
Politicians had no choice but to order a national lockdown — but the cost to the country may still be too great
Unequal to the task
Jamie Whyte reviews Capital and Ideology by Thomas Piketty
PAYE makes the world go round
Jamie Blackett reviews Daylight Robbery by Dominic Frisby
Why the coronavirus shutdown is worth it
Decisive action to slow the spread of Covid-19 is a no brainer
Sunak’s folly
The Chancellor’s rash splurge on infrastructure is a worrying sign that Britain’s economic policy is heading in the wrong direction
The meaningless Covid-19 models
Which, if any, expert estimates should we take seriously?
The lies of Sinn Fein
Sectarian smears against Unionists have been exposed as the falsehoods they always were. Will anyone bother to say sorry?
The Met is watching you
We are passively accepting the development of a society of hyper-surveillance
A bitter pill
Women and girls are losing medical advice and safeguards in the name of “freedom”
Dumb, glum and zero-sum
British thinking has to value supply more than distribution
Ukraine cannot avoid partition
Ukraine must not capitulate and demilitarise, but de-facto partition is now an inevitability
Marshalling India’s maharajahs
Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States by John Zubrzycki
Disbanding St John’s Voices would be cultural vandalism
Modern bureaucrats should leave our choirs alone
Miriam Cates is right about surrogacy
It is a fundamentally dishonest and exploitative practice
Don’t forget Armenia
Armenians, once the target of genocide, are under threat again
Laugh to hide the tears
Rishi Sunak was desperate to appear on top form before the Liaison Committee
A mum’s place is in the Irish constitution
Ireland’s constitution is rare in protecting mothers, so why change this?
