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Jan 17, 2013
Jan 3, 2013
The decline of western dominance
Developing countries now account for about half of total world output
Dec 20, 2012
A case remains for economic liberalism
The philosophy’s basic tenets hold sound despite the financial crisis
- John Kay To understand Christmas, go to the pub
- Harry Eyres The most precious gifts
Dec 6, 2012
Stale debate holds back Britain’s recovery
Partisan bickering could be avoided with a division into three elements
Nov 22, 2012
Britain’s policy echoes Habsburg decline
Indicators suggest that conditions are hopeless but not desperate
- Chris Giles Statisticians stall on doing key sums
- Chris Giles Policy ploys risk UK economic credibility
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LIFE & ARTS
Nov 11, 2012
A call to the west in its last-chance saloon
A refreshing perspective on the economic decline of advanced countries and the origins of the crisis
Oct 25, 2012
Explanation for Britain’s economic puzzle
Employment has held up but output is 3 per cent below the 2008 peak
- Peter Mandelson Referendum inevitable?
- Labour party calls for EU budget cut
Oct 11, 2012
The harmful myth of the balanced budget
The common sense approach is not as simple at it might appear
Sep 27, 2012
A liberal case for scepticism of the EU
Beware the language of intolerance and authoritarianism
Sep 13, 2012
The Lib Dems need to be more liberal
Left libertarianism seems the right way to go for the junior coalition party
Aug 30, 2012
Come on Bernanke, fire up the helicopter engines
QE will work through the banking system. Helicopter money is available for those fit enough to pick it up
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Aug 2, 2012
The pursuit of happiness is no job for government
Any measure of human development inevitably reflects the personal values of those who draw it up
Jul 19, 2012
An ancient Greek approach to modern economics
If your flute-playing and my poetry improve, that is growth
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LIFE & ARTS
Jul 13, 2012
Unequal measures
‘The Price of Inequality, Joseph Stiglitz’s study, suggests ways to curb the wealth of the top 1 per cent
Jul 5, 2012
The fight against crony capitalism
At their best competitive markets have an equalising tendency
Jun 21, 2012
Enough of the bookkeeping, Mr Osborne
Why is it better to encourage investment projects than to finance them directly?
Jun 7, 2012
You don’t need to be a lefty to support Krugman
Finance ministers must realise the folly of their deficit obsession
May 24, 2012
A new Europe of competing currencies
Unused needs and unused hands cannot exist side by side indefinitely
ABOUT SAMUEL
Samuel Brittan has been an economic commentator on the Financial Times since 1966. Prior to this he was economics editor of the Observer (1961-64) and an
adviser at the Department of Economic Affairs (1965).
He has been awarded the George Orwell, Senior Harold Wincott and Ludwig Erhard prizes. He was a member of the Peacock Committee on the Finance of the BBC (1985-86). He was knighted in 1993 for “services to economic journalism” and also that year became a Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur. His column appears on alternate Fridays.
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