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Spot the difference in a load of old Balls
Ed Balls, a Labour leadership contender, lived up to his name in his speech attacking “growth deniers” last week. He also showed the superficiality of his understanding of economics despite his long association with Gordon Brown (or perhaps because of it) and impressive academic credentials in the subject.
This rebel’s heresy is not so earth-shaking
Imagine if Sir Alex Ferguson had the gall to present himself as a marginal figure in world football. Despite managing Manchester United, winning the European Champions’ league twice, the Premier League numerous times, he claimed to have little influence on the game. Such a suggestion would, quite rightly, be dismissed as preposterous.
The simple solution to rising food prices
Do rises in affluence, population or meat consumption necessarily lead to increases in food prices?
Best answer to bank bashers: a bank bash
Anyone who wants to whip up cheap moral indignation has an easy way to do it. Just start screaming about the alleged iniquities of greedy bankers.
Strike-supporting FT is dodging the issue
Those who rejoiced at the end of working class militancy could be in for a nasty shock when they realise what is happening.
Market theories did not cause the crisis
Critics can easily pick holes in the efficient markets hypothesis (EMH) as an explanation of financial market behaviour. But blaming the EMH for the recent economic crisis, as some are doing, is absurd.
Quick-fix trait masks benefits of long view
Short-termism pervades society. Politicians resign at the first sign of press criticism, celebrities rise and fade away within months, and England football team managers face calls to fall on their swords after a single tournament failure.
Eurozone only part of recovery story
Last week the International Monetary Fund (IMF) correctly identified the turmoil in the eurozone as a destabilising force in the global economy.
Global debate skims over the root causes
Last week the media discussion of the world’s economic plight started to shift from DD to D. A debate emerged about the possibility of another great depression rather than a simple double dip. Another D could be used to describe much of the debate: dumb.
Noise belies empty rhetoric on growth
The idea that there is a big global debate about economic policy is misleading. Any disagreements are much narrower than generally assumed.
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Too scared to cut, too dumb to grow
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Confused responses to a Chinese puzzle
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Eurozone split in north-south divide
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We need proactive not reactive governments
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Risk reversal does not signal new age
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Eurozone SO mirrors American economy
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Lack of vision leaves economy hanging
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Stop the blame game and tackle the cause
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A poverty of thought lies behind 'shortage'
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Tackling the global responsibility deficit
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Models need human factor to make sense
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Currency row reveals American anxieties
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Nought out of 10 for innovation, Darling
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Time to puncture the tech bubble myth
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China builds ‘bullets’, Britain fires blanks
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Why invest abroad via the back door?
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Britain facing crisis of sluggish growth
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Main parties will not have serious debate
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Economic frailty not just a Greek concern
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Obsession with China masks West’s inertia
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Too many rules ruin economic progress
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Politics missing from economic debate
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Great leaps still leave the Dragon far behind
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Empty policy bodes ill for economic revival
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Peaks and troughs in year of comebacks
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Investors failing to go to war on prices
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Bolton’s back–but is he still a winner?
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What sent Europeans rushing for cover?
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Doing the splits in the proper manner
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A miracle, but not as economists saw it...
