Published Articles.

Nov 27, 2018

The Tories have underfunded mental health services while boasting of their generosity

The overall economic and social costs to our society of poor mental health are estimated to be more than £100bn a year. In that context,...

Nov 26, 2018

Interview: Adair Turner

Adair Turner is being provocative again. Almost a decade ago now he scandalised bankers and traders (although not the general public)...

Nov 25, 2018

Are some bosses actually worth it?

The big problem with British digital technology firms is that they sell out before they go global. Their founders prefer the short-term...

Nov 20, 2018

The rise and fall of Carlos Ghosn shows the folly of treating businessmen like gods

This June, Carlos Ghosn, the boss of a French-Japanese automotive conglomerate, sat down for lunch with the Financial Times at an...

Nov 20, 2018

The rise and fall of Carlos Ghosn shows the folly of treating businessmen like gods

This June, Carlos Ghosn, the boss of a French-Japanese automotive conglomerate, sat down for lunch with the Financial Times at an...

Nov 18, 2018

The economic incoherence of the Premier League’s £5m golden goodbye to its boss

Christmas has come early for Richard Scudamore. And Santa has been exceedingly generous. The Premier League announced last week that it...

Nov 18, 2018

The economic incoherence of the Premier League's £5m golden goodbye to its boss

Christmas has come early for Richard Scudamore. And Santa has been exceedingly generous. The Premier League announced last week that it...

Nov 13, 2018

Goldman Sachs is implicated in history’s largest financial con – but will it be held accountable?

Even by Wall Street standards of gouging customers this was one hell of a skim. In 2012 and 2013, the Malaysian government was raising $...

Nov 11, 2018

The worrying echoes of the First World War's beginnings in May's approach to Brexit

In 1909 the British empire was locked in a frantic race with Germany for naval military supremacy. The continent was carved into...

Nov 7, 2018

INTERVIEW: Martin Taylor

Martin Taylor presses his fingertips together, leans back in his chair and stares into the distance in contemplation. I’ve just suggested...

Nov 6, 2018

State pension equality for women and men is justified – but more important is giving us all th

Gender equality wasn’t supposed to be financially painful for women. Yet that’s how it feels for many who have been experiencing a sharp...

Nov 6, 2018

State pension equality for women and men is justified

Gender equality wasn't supposed to be financially painful for women. Yet that's how it feels for many who have been experiencing a sharp...

Nov 4, 2018

Sometimes the real economic gamble is sometimes too little government borrowing – not too much

With his dad jokes and fetish for spreadsheets, Philip Hammond does not fit the stereotype of a “gambler”. But the Institute for Fiscal...

Nov 4, 2018

Sometimes the real economic gamble is sometimes too little government borrowing – not too much

With his dad jokes and fetish for spreadsheets, Philip Hammond does not fit the stereotype of a “gambler”. But the Institute for Fiscal...