Economy

The Tories have a nostalgia problem

Modern leaders must focus on modern problems

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Has the Tory left deserted Northern Ireland?

Conservatives must stop backing the disastrous NI protocol

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Illiteracy of the tax-cut lobby

Slashing taxes cannot make a nation better off. Instead we must increase production

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Sunak leads the retreat

A windfall tax is apparently not a windfall tax if the Tories introduce it

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Dawning continent

The West has underestimated Africa’s independent economic potential

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Britain’s squid pro quo

Economic growth is hindered by the profusion of “negative sum” public sector jobs

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Lovely jubbly

Celebrating the genius of Only Fools and Horses on its 40th anniversary

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The giant with terra cotta feet

As July marked the one hundredth anniversary of the CCP, Alex Story examines its performance over the past fifty years

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The rise and fall of Bernie Madoff

The notorious fraudster Bernie Madoff has died in prison at the age of 82

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Who doesn’t want to be a millionaire?

Dominic Hilton contemplates the origins of his obsession with money

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