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| Thursday 28 May 2009 |
It’s a recession, Jim, but not as we know it
Western economies are suffering from a triple crisis: an acute sickness, a chronic sickness, and doctors who don’t know what they’re doing.
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| Monday 3 November 2008 |
The ‘credit crunch’ and the SAD economy
The current economic crisis is a product of feeble political leadership and the hollowing out of Western economies.
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| Thursday 25 September 2008 |
It’s the politics, stupid
The turmoil in the financial markets has become a real economic downturn because of the fearful and incoherent response of the political elite.
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| Monday 7 January 2008 |
The truth about the ‘credit crunch’
ESSAY: What the Subprime Crisis reveals about the economy, politics and the state in 2008 – and why the real story is the rise of the East as the West flounders.
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| Monday 5 March 2007 |
A demented approach to the ageing population
Scary headlines about a 'dementia timebomb' expose today's miserabilist view of the human success story that is longer life.
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| Tuesday 10 January 2006 |
The state, the economy and the politics of fear
De-regulation means more red tape, and simplification means increasing complexity. What is the state up to?
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| Thursday 8 December 2005 |
Ageing and the ‘pensions crisis’
Never mind the Pensions Commission: we can afford the future without saving our pennies and keeping pensioners in poverty.
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| Monday 28 November 2005 |
Still procrastinating over pensions
We're all likely to be a lot older before we see any meaningful reform of Britain's pension policy.
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| Friday 29 July 2005 |
Don’t raise the state pension age - scrap it
People should be able to choose when and how they retire.
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| Tuesday 17 May 2005 |
It’s not the economy, stupid
Why it wasn't Gordon Brown wot won it.
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| Tuesday 19 April 2005 |
Pensions policy: same old story
For all the bluster over pensions, both the Tories and Labour agree that the real problem is too many elderly people.
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| Friday 7 January 2005 |
It’s capitalism, but not as we know it
Economic cycles aren't what they used to be.
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| Friday 29 October 2004 |
Turner report: an old story
The 'pensions crisis' is not the result of demographics, but of our leaders' miserly attitude towards the elderly.
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| Friday 15 October 2004 |
Ageing: the future is affordable
The real problem in the 'pensions crisis' is not demographics, but our mean-spirited attitude towards the elderly.
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| Tuesday 3 August 2004 |
Education - it’s not for the economy, stupid!
Those who believe that education drives economic growth need some lessons in reality.
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| Tuesday 29 June 2004 |
Work till you want
Older people should be freed from the chains of a fixed retirement age.
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| Thursday 30 October 2003 |
Old Misers
The 'pensions crisis' is not a result of an ageing population, but of a mean-minded political and business class.
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| Wednesday 9 July 2003 |
Ageism is not the problem
Britain needs proper employment opportunities for older people, not a government consultation on 'age discrimination'.
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| Thursday 3 April 2003 |
Don’t blame it on the bombs
Why do Western economists keep mentioning the war?
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