Matthew Lynn

Boris-onomics is what Britain needs

12 June 2019 11:20 pm

A few jokes. A sprinkling of tax cuts. A few more jokes. A couple of flashy new buildings. And then…

Who decided that keeping money in ‘paradise’ is a crime? We should all thank havens

11 November 2017 9:00 am

Maybe we should blame John Grisham. In his breakthrough best-seller The Firm, the young lawyer Mitch, played by Tom Cruise…

The madness of price caps

29 April 2017 9:00 am

Better access to education. Tax cuts for anyone in the struggling middle. More affordable homes, and more money for the…

The real Brexit risk

29 December 2016 3:00 pm

At the Westfield shopping centre in east London, the queues started at 2 a.m. on Christmas night. In Wrexham, people started…

All the signs point to a new recession – a worse one

5 March 2016 9:00 am

All the signs have been pointing to a new recession – and we’re much less equipped to weather it than last time

The slow death of the pension pot

13 February 2016 9:00 am

If the Chancellor carries on hacking at tax relief, we’ll need to find new ways to save for our old age

The bull market is five years old. Does that mean it’s nearly over?

22 March 2014 9:00 am

In London and New York, share prices have risen for five years running. So is it time to sell?

You, too, can be a shale profiteer

22 February 2014 9:00 am

Here’s how to get a slice of the fracking action

How mansion taxes will make us all poorer

2 November 2013 9:00 am

Mansion taxes may be inevitable – and will make us all poorer

Why Britain’s economy will overtake Germany’s

5 October 2013 9:00 am

Why the UK economy will one day overtake Germany