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A housing revival, the revolution occurring in energy, a rejuvenated banking system and a leaner industrial base could lead to US growth beyond the 2.5 per cent rate that is widely seen as its long-term potential.
Roger Altman, Financial Times, 4 September 2012
State spending to boost growth needs to go beyond mere investment – it must transform the economy.
Mariana Mazzucato, Observer, 2 September 2012
Young people today are better educated than their counterparts in the 1970s, but the average time it takes to secure stable work is much longer. This paper explores the nature of young people’s transitions from school to work in the capital, with implications for national policy.
Tess Lanning, IPPR, 22 August 2012
What do you say to an Arts graduate? ‘Big Mac and fries, please!’
Fraser Nelson, Spectator, 17 August 2012
After five years of Euro chaos, our leaders are still carrying out firefighting exercises rather than coming up with long-term solutions.
Rob Lyons, spiked, 16 August 2012
There is a natural, populist temptation to rejoice in the notion that over-mighty financial institutions are being cut down to size and deprived of their global laisser passer. Yet there are costs.
John Plender, Financial Times, 9 August 2012
People vs. banks, north vs. south, and rich vs. poor? While all of these conflicts may be real, one of the biggest issues of the euro crisis is rarely discussed: Older people are living at the expense of the young, and it's high time the next generation took to the streets to confront their parents.
David Böcking , Speigel Online International, 9 August 2012
Konstantinos Tsanas has had a terrible summer since moving to Germany from Athens in April. But apart from the depressingly wet north European weather, he says he is happy in a country cursed by many Greek politicians because of its insistence on tying financial aid to strict austerity.
Gerrit Wiesmann, Financial Times, 1 August 2012
Robert and Edward Skidelsky, Allen Lane, 28 July 2012
Post-recession ideologies
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