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Apr 4, 2013
Mar 20, 2013
It’s the monetary policy that matters
Serious macroeconomic consideration should centre on the monetary review
- Editorial A Budget for tomorrow rather than today
- Martin Wolf Shrewd politics, brutal economics
Mar 14, 2013
The British Budget is not as great as it was
The chancellor’s showpiece had its heyday in the 1960s and has never regained its economic eminence
- Budget 2013 Wishlists
- Business wins more say on apprenticeships
Feb 28, 2013
A not-so-secret sterling devaluation ploy
The antics of a rating agency are a sideshow to the adventures of the pound
- Adam Posen The UK is very European – in its mistakes
- Martin Wolf Weaker pound is welcome but no panacea
Feb 14, 2013
A proposal for the Bank’s new mandate
Dogged pursuit of highbrow theories leaves little room to manoeuvre
Jan 31, 2013
The folly of beggar-my-neighbour policies
Japan needs to watch that its campaign for a lower yen does not go beyond talking
Jan 17, 2013
A funny way of firing up the locomotive
Austerity policies make depressions and unemployment worse
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
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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
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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UK
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
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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