Tom Clark
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Why doesn’t the BBC challenge the austerity narrative?
The Corporation’s economics coverage is largely even-handed—but it has let a “debt bad” narrative reign unchallenged → Read More
Autumn Statement: smooth talk, savage cuts
Jeremy Hunt’s words were delivered in the moderate tones of a vicar. His numbers point the way to a new era of public squalor → Read More
Britain's anxiety economy
Rocketing diagnoses and recourse to pills are signs of rising mental distress. New research reveals this is the flipside of insecure material conditions → Read More
Postindustrial revolution: What Sheffield can teach us about true levelling up
One of Britain’s biggest cities is held back by chronically low productivity. Can a network of entrepreneurs spark a long-awaited renaissance? → Read More
Liz Truss’s fantasy economics will remake the real world
By imploding within weeks of taking office, the prime minister could push economic policy left for a generation → Read More
Mini-Budget: An audacious "new era" of greed
Despite the spin, the Truss-Kwarteng agenda is less about growth than who gets the gains → Read More
How deference is smothering the conversation Britain needs
After 70 years, the transition from Queen Elizabeth to King Charles warrants a frank debate. Instead, rigid Royalist codes are threatening free speech → Read More
Margaret Thatcher’s economics: a study in ruthlessness
She started out as Sunak and ended up as Truss. Theories came and went, with decidedly mixed results. But Thatcher never stopped fighting—for life’s haves against its have-nots → Read More
How Labour could win
A dozen proven policies from around the world to fill an empty Labour platform → Read More
Fact checking the rhetoric on the strikes: a statistical guide
Claims that we're “going back to the 1970s” don’t withstand scrutiny → Read More
How the rich ate us
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The Bank of England is wrestling with dilemmas that could doom its independence
Money and politics were inextricably linked through most of history. As the Bank jacks up rates while the economy dives, it could soon find that politics comes back with a vengeance → Read More
The P&O Ferries scandal could turn the tide against neoliberalism
The firm’s brutal sacking of its staff doesn’t come out of nowhere, but from 40 years of failed economic thinking. The fury it has provoked may herald change → Read More
Not seen, not heard, not free: vulnerable children vs our austerity state
Imperilled young people are being denied their liberty, kept in makeshift accommodation—including caravans—and then virtually forgotten → Read More
The fog of factional war still clouds Labour’s foreign policy
Jeremy Corbyn was liable to think “my enemy’s enemy is my friend.” But so too is Keir Starmer → Read More
Peter Hennessy: Boris Johnson has killed off the “good chaps” theory of government
The veteran historian—always a fan of an unwritten constitution—thinks that after the current PM it is time to start writing some things down → Read More
Boris Johnson’s blundering government is about to make the poor poorer—by accident
Poor families will be hit with soaring fuel prices and hardship in the coming months. But this passing pain could be used to create a fairer society → Read More
Seven reasons to bet against Boris bouncing back from North Shropshire
The prime minister’s spell was a peculiar magic for very particular times. It is beginning to look as if it is broken → Read More
All points south: is this the week the Tories reverted to type?
On the train home to Yorkshire, I’d like to believe in “levelling up.” But this week’s news on high-speed rail and elderly care is making that much more difficult → Read More
Carlota Perez and the economics of hope
The Venezuelan social scientist takes a long view, and tells gloomy intellectuals—and a glum British left—why a smart, green and fair tomorrow is on the way → Read More