Economy
Shares have defied pessimism – but another fall is surely coming
Do stock markets foretell the future while politicians fudge and economists mumble? No: share prices collectively have a life of…
How fast can Britain recover from its economic free-fall?
Putting the UK into lockdown was only going to send growth in one direction: down. While today’s figures from the…
America’s 2.5 million jobs miracle
The US economy created 2.5 million jobs last month — the biggest monthly jobs gain since records began a century…
X number of days to save the economy!
I wonder what the Labour party will use as its scare slogan at the next election? After all, the usual…
Why are US shares performing so well when the economy isn’t?
A staggering 20 million Americans lost their jobs in April and yet the US stock market had its best month…
It isn’t necessarily the economy, stupid!
‘It’s the economy, stupid!’ With those now famous words, the Democratic strategist James Carville summarized the 1992 election between President…
Stimulus squabble marks a return to politics as usual
Who is the proposed new $3 trillion stimulus package designed to help? If enacted, the bill — which narrowly passed…
Letters
Jobs for all Sir: Charles Bazlington championed Universal Basic Income in last week’s magazine (Letters, 9 May). It is welcome…
This is not a natural disaster
Should our future permit an occupation so frivolous, historians years from now will make a big mistake if they blame…
Has coronavirus killed the Democrats’ healthcare referendum?
Late last December, Democrats were heading into the homestretch of their presidential primary optimistic that although they faced an internal…
Wild life
I keep thinking what I’ll do when we regain our liberty — and I picture that beer at the end…
Can we rely on a V-shaped recovery?
Can the UK expect a V-shape recovery? The Bank of England has this morning published data revealing very deep V,…
Barometer
Multiplying by hundreds The Queen penned a personal 100th birthday message to Captain Tom Moore, who has raised money for…
Dear politicians, life must go on
The worst day of my childhood was in 1995 when my father lost his job. He worked close by as…
The changes to come in the post-COVID world order
The Democrats are taking their stand on the coronavirus crisis in an untenable position. It is like building a defensive…
The shape of the future
Could the Covid crisis be an economic opportunity for Brexit Britain?
Trump walks the recovery tightrope
President Trump’s decision to set the United States back on the path to work will be decried as mere politics,…
Has Fauci has become the James Comey of the scientific community?
Is the Trump White House fired up? Not exactly. White House spokesman Hogan Gidley tried to douse the speculation that…
A new ‘sharing economy’ offers a path to herd survival
The phrase ‘sharing economy’ was coined a decade or so ago to describe collaborative new business models made possible by…
The case for reopening the country now
More and more people, I suspect, are padding about muttering lines from Psalm 13: ‘How long, O Lord,…How long must I…
We’re anything but safe
Comically, Chinese Communist party officials have speculated that Covid-19 was planted by the US army. Yet a respectable conspiracy theorist…
Coronomics
The crash is surreal – and ordinary remedies won’t be enough
How will the world be changed by the war against coronavirus?
The world as we have known it for the past 40 years has come to a stop. We have a…
Donald Trump’s wishful Easter deadline is a trap for Democrats
Will the stimulus stimulate? Donald Trump, who seems to have had nothing to do with the actual formation of the…
Are you feeling stimulated?
Well, at least this isn’t socialism for the rich. The Trump administration’s gargantuan stimulus package — the third in response…
