- Professor of Economics, City St George's, University of London
Unlike Hamas, Hezbollah is a large, well-equipped army with the capability to badly hurt Israel.
War is taking a toll on Israel’s economy.
Live blog: all the announcements from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and instant reaction from experts.
Eight million Ukrainians have fled abroad since the invasion started.
A zero rate for business could actually be a progressive move and would reflect the anti-bureaucratic spirit of Brexit.
Athens can celebrate two consecutive quarters of growth. Berlin must stomach some weakness. Everyone should remember cheap money isn’t free money.
Imagine a radically shrunken economy with 45% of all national income reserved for the state and you’ve just scratched the surface of the Greens’ economic vision.
Ever since Greece elected its new Syriza government, there has been growing talk of Greece defaulting on its debt and leaving the eurozone. I’ve been arguing that once Greece achieved a primary budget…
The chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, has delivered the financial package he hopes will convince voters to deliver a Conservative majority in May 2015. Here, our team of academic experts responds…
The Russian invasion and rapid absorption of the Crimean peninsula might seem like the spark ready to ignite a new Cold War. In fact, given the feeble Western response so far, the more likely outcome is…
George Osborne long ago realised that policy programmes designed to avert crises do not win elections. What he has offered instead in his Autumn Statement is once again a simple trade-off of public austerity…
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