6:55pm

The folly of Britain’s immigration policy

Make good your promise that ‘Britain is back open for business’, writes Robert Hahn

6:37pm

A crisis needs a firewall not a ring fence

Ringfencing – even with electrification – has its limits, writes Alistair Darling

Jurek Martin 2:26pm

A disoriented view of Washington

How everything changed after the US president’s very nice speech

9:07pm

Cameron’s critics should extol his European vision

London needs to develop partners, issue by issue, writes Robert Zoellick

7:28pm

The problems with Japan’s economic experiment

‘Abenomics’ challenges the conventional wisdom about fiscal policy, writes Masaaki Kanno

John Authers from COMPANIES Feb 3, 2013

Activist spat distracts from real targets

All the signs suggest this is a great time to take aim at boards

Global Insight from WORLD Feb 3, 2013

Israel and Assad raise stakes on Syria

Risk of regional contagion grows

Inside London from MARKETS Feb 1, 2013

Time for calm as Treasuries age nears end

After a bull run like this, self-control is the best investment

J. Mchugh illustration ©J. Mchugh Feb 1, 2013

Britain in knots over infrastructure

Big projects need clear plans and honesty about who pays, writes Dieter Helm

Undercover Economist Feb 1, 2013

A poor excuse to rob from the rich

A financial transaction tax would at best be irrelevant to financial stability, says Tim Harford

Jan 31, 2013

We are not yet ready to simulate the brain

Europe’s billion-euro project is important but has an unrealistic goal, writes Gary Marcus

Jan 31, 2013

US bank bosses must live up to their pay

The industry has reached a turning point, writes Meredith Whitney

Jan 30, 2013

Britain needs a long-term prosperity plan

The UK needs to provide investors with incentives, write John Van Reenen and Richard Lambert

Jan 30, 2013

Mali could make France governable

Intervention may benefit the president, writes Dominique Moisi

Jan 30, 2013

Moscow must end the deadlock in Syria

Russia should set aside the issue of when Assad should leave, writes Bassma Kodmani

Jan 29, 2013

HS2 simply masks the north-south divide

Every government action has reinforced the capital, writes Peter Hetherington

Jan 29, 2013

Morsi cannot ignore Egypt’s new majority

Brotherhood must not underestimate the youth’s desire for change, says Ezzedine Choukri Fishere

The A-List Jan 29, 2013

China’s banks are too big to manage

A radical action would be to break up the big four into three regional banks, writes Yukon Huang

Jan 28, 2013

The cost of making bankers behave

The problem with values statements is how to make them stick, writes Philip Augar

Jan 28, 2013

Beijing still prefers diplomacy over force

China understands that its growth depends on imports, say Graham Allison and Robert Blackwill