Economy

De Gaulle managed it – twice. But there was one thing the general understood that the current French president does not

A think tank’s suggestion of adding 2% tax to online purchases would provide £1.5billion to revive traditional shops

If anything, the situation now looks worse than it did back in the run-up to the last crash. And this time round, who would lead the global response?

The US wants to drill in Greenland for oil. The Nuuk government has said maybe – if the US agrees to buy some highly controversial Arctic products

The chancellor wants to see the economy grow. Yet his set piece speech this week failed to mention the EU once

We must hope so – but so far he hasn’t said how he intends to pay for all his plans. And that’s a big worry

History is full of examples of new technologies that cause huge excitement, massive investment – and economic disaster. This time looks no different

For 75 years, Mexico has had state-owned discount food shops and Zohran Mamdani is bringing the idea to New York. The most surprising thing: they work

Andy Burnham may be in No 10, but he will soon find that he is not the boss after all. There is a beast watching his every move – the bond market. One wrong step, and it will devour him whole

They came with skills the country desperately needs. Instead, we tell them to clean and stack shelves

New recruiting processes are sidelining accomplished women at what should be the very peak of their careers

For all the success, the billions and the international fame, the boss of LVMH is revealed as a man made miserable by his own success

If this wild prediction came true, it would make his own companies virtually worthless

The self-employed now have to report to HMRC each quarter. It’s time-consuming, expensive and hopeless

The new PM has made a flying start. But financial danger lurks ahead

Higher rates should be the end, not the start, of a new narrative of citizenship and statecraft

The retired Tory peer used an unusual turn of phrase while writing about the UK’s move to decarbonise its energy system. Why avoid the word 'bank'?

The population of Bradford has changed, but to say this represents some kind of social failure is ridiculous. How do we get beyond these obvious lies?

There are many ways in which women are ‘kept’, sometimes by men, sometimes by members of their own family. But that has never worked for me.

The chancellor decided that too many Germans were skiving, so he tried to change the rules. But it didn’t work

Abelardo de la Espriella is pro-Trump, pro-cuts, pro-Israel and very anti-left. He’s made big, wild promises – will he be able to keep them?

The inequality campaigner is certain that he’s right – but that may not be enough 

Burnham could end Treasury stagnation with a single department that centralised water, energy, transport and telecoms

The prime minister is not so much a political leader as a national myth and the extent of his appeal, as shown in recent state elections, is so huge that it’s changing India into a single-party state

Economic Affairs is the new online publication of the IEA - the think tank which provided the intellectual ballast to Liz Truss’s 45 days in office

The former Federal Reserve chair is dead at 100. Once regarded with awe, the financial crisis made clear he wasn’t what he appeared

Everywhere you go, in the real world and online, you are under constant surveillance from the government or one of the tech giants. Unless, that is, you happen to be a billionaire

Boris Johnson and Michael Gove have marked the 10-year referendum anniversary with articles full of self-serving nonsense

A brilliant, forensic, sector-by-sector analysis of the damage done to our economy, our businesses and our daily lives by leaving the European Union

His fortune and empire are more fragile than his IPO’s backers believe

A sorry list of leaders have failed to grasp even the most basic economic lessons, with disastrous results

A generation has grown up that didn’t vote in the referendum, but has had to suffer the consequences of leaving the EU. Now they want to rejoin