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Stephen King: More Keynesian than Keynes was – and more wrong than right this time
Monday 04 April 2011
But George Osborne's numbers are also based on some very optimistic assumptions regarding a pick-up in trade
Invisible Ink: No 71 - One-hit wonders
Sunday 03 April 2011
Beware the book that bears the legend "Soon to Be a Major Film", for the film won't be made and the book is bound to vanish. Such was the fate of The Auctioneer by Joan Samson, a novel that took America by storm and became a best-seller. Hollywood came calling, and then – nothing. Samson completed only this one novel in her lifetime, although she was working on a second at the time of her death.
Stephen King: Rebalancing the British economy is easier to say than it will be to do
Monday 28 March 2011
Economic outlook: Sterling's sharp decline might create conditions for an export renaissance – but 'might' is not 'will'
Stephen King: Split beyond belief – so where next for the Bank and for mortgage rates?
Monday 21 February 2011
What's gone wrong? Why can't the experts on the Monetary Policy Committee see eye to eye?
Stephen King: Bias in the Bank's inflation strategy risks losing public backing it needs
Monday 07 February 2011
Outlook: A credit-constrained economy won't be able to generate high inflation for ever, yetthe split between growth and inflation has deteriorated rapidly
Stephen King: The question that went unanswered in Davos: who ultimately pays?
Monday 31 January 2011
Can debtor nations deliver austerity year after year or must creditor nations take some of the burden?
The Diviner's Tale, By Bradford Morrow
Friday 28 January 2011
Cassandra Brooks is a water-diviner dowsing for a property developer in the dense woodlands of North-East America when she sees the body of a teenage girl in a white dress hanging from a tree. When she returns with the police, the body has vanished – until another young girl, pale and traumatised, turns up nearby. Is our narrator haunted, psychic or going insane?
Stephen King: Who needs who? America and China must avoid making past mistakes again
Monday 22 November 2010
Western nations look at the recent success of the emerging world with a mixture of admiration, envy and anger
Stephen King: Don't let the G20 follow the League of Nations into the dustbin of history
Monday 15 November 2010
Outlook: The biggest threat to the success of the G20 comes from the obvious point that the 'new powers' are pushing the 'old powers' to one side
Full Dark, No Stars, By Stephen King
Sunday 14 November 2010
These tense tales delve into the dark heart of a knitting society and a serial killer's last stand
Stephen King: The West has not learnt the vital lessons from Japan's economic travails
Monday 20 September 2010
Outlook: The Western world is facing a nominal crisis: too much debt, too little inflation and an absence of effective conventional policy levers
Stephen King: The UK economy won't rebalance until we recognise the world has changed
Monday 13 September 2010
Outlook: The UK didn't go into recession alone, and exports therefore were unable to make any headway even as imports collapsed
Stephen King: Scarce resources should give all governments serious food for thought
Monday 06 September 2010
We live in a world of ultimately scarce resources. The increase in global demand for the basics of human life is likely to outpace any increase in supply
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Serena Williams apologises after comment that rape victim 'shouldn't have put herself in that position'
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Disability campaigners celebrate 'victory' after government rethink over plans to make it more difficult to claim disability benefits
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Bankers could face jail after report urges the Government to introduce new criminal offence for reckless management
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Breaking the Silence: In the reality of occupation, there are no Palestinian civilians – only potential terrorists
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We never knew Nigella Lawson - and we still don’t
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