The problem with The Spirit Level

By George Disney Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett’s book ‘The Spirit Level‘ is formidable. Their empirical evidence shows…

Osbornomics: A public meeting

By Jonathan Rutherford In a speech three years ago this March, David Cameron claimed Margaret Thatcher’s economic revolution…

A new banking settlement

By Joe Cox / @CompassOffice It’s boom time in the city: bank bonuses are up 40% despite the…

QE or not QE

By Chris Cook This letter by Professor Roger Sandilands of Strathclyde University was published on Tuesday in the…

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