Will Dunn
New Statesman
United Kingdom
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Past articles by Will:
The end of the housing delusion
Britain is finally realising that its obsession with home ownership is built on a false promise. Is it time to rethink property as a metric of wealth? → Read More
Why the IMF sees Britain as the sick man of the global economy
The UK’s growth is forecast to fall behind every other major economy, including Russia. → Read More
Carl Benedikt Frey: in an automated future, trade unions will be more important than ever
The economist says Britain is at a crucial turning point: use robots to boost productivity and jobs, or risk unrest. → Read More
Where did America’s recession go?
Six months ago US business executives were warning of an approaching economic “hurricane”, but it has failed to materialise – so far. → Read More
The business forecast for 2023: An inflation rollercoaster and Musk’s Twitter breakup
Predictions for a bumpy year ahead from the New Statesman's Business Editor. → Read More
“What Rishi Sunak is doing is lunacy”: the City’s favourite strategist on the economy’s hidden dangers
Albert Edwards warns that the government’s austerity has set the economy on a path to collapse. → Read More
“What Rishi Sunak is doing is lunacy”: the City’s favourite strategist on the economy’s hidden dangers
Albert Edwards warns that the government’s austerity has set the economy on a path to collapse. → Read More
How Brexit broke the UK’s fiscal credibility
The UK's financial crisis is the product of years spent ignoring economists and businesses. → Read More
Delaying the OBR report will backfire on the government
Truss and Kwarteng are showing how callous their disregard for economic reality is. → Read More
Financial markets have rejected the Tories’ economic vandalism
Investors reward risk, but only if they think it will pay off. The slide in sterling indicates that traders are cynical about Liz Truss’s big gamble on growth. → Read More
The government ignores the Felixstowe port strike at its peril
Strikes at container ports such as Felixstowe have a unique effect on inflation in the UK. → Read More
Why energy prices will kill working from home
The new price cap means the cost could easily exceed £30 a day. → Read More
The Tories are playing a dangerous game with the Bank of England’s independence
Liz Truss’s determination to reconsider the Bank of England’s mandate just before a financial crisis has the air of a gambler who bets the lot at the last minute. → Read More
The truth about Russia’s rotten economy: “We’re going back to the 1980s”
The Russian economist Sergei Guriev encourages inflation-hit Western economies to hold their nerve against Putin. → Read More
Will the housing market crash soon? 50-year mortgages suggest it might
The existence of the 50-year mortgage shows lenders are desperate. → Read More
Energy bills: why does the UK force people on low incomes to pay more?
Prepayment meters are a national disgrace, locking poorer people out of cheaper deals. → Read More
Energy bills: why does the UK force people on low incomes to pay more?
Prepayment meters are a national disgrace, locking poorer people out of cheaper deals. → Read More
Why your meetings are a waste of time
The biggest study so far on meetings and productivity finds that most companies should eradicate them almost entirely. → Read More
Will “Trussonomics” work?
There is no reason to believe that the Tory frontrunner’s tax cuts would pay for themselves or reduce inflation. → Read More
The Pyramid of Lies: Lex Greensill and the Billion-Dollar Scandal review
How David Cameron’s favourite banker became the focus of a billion-dollar scandal. → Read More