The latest data for UK living standards shows how they have fallen for all, except the wealthiest members of society.
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The SNP’s Nicola Sturgeon says austerity has held the economy back. Is she right?
A defence that argues that ‘it depends on how you measure it’ does not wash.
Labour says we’re worse off, but the Tories say living standards are on the rise - who’s right?
Much of the current political turmoil in Australia can be traced to Bill Clinton’s famous aphorism: “it’s the economy stupid” – in particular, the plunge in world commodity prices over the past few years…
The focus of the recently concluded G20 summit was economic growth. The final communiqué begins: “Raising global growth to deliver better living standards and quality jobs for people across the world is…
Last week, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in a preliminary version of its 2012 Economic Outlook lowered its growth forecasts for Australia from 3.7% to 3.0% in 2013. This…
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