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Economic modelling and its associated forecasts are always open to criticism, particularly when the results align with the predisposition of the modellers or their paymasters. Such criticism has been...

The state of the UK economy featured heavily in the election campaign, but the deficit overwhelmed the discussion. Over the next five years, however, the new government will have...

pixinoo / Shutterstock.com Last month, the European Commission (EC) filed a formal antitrust complaint against Google for abusing its dominant market position in internet search. pixinoo / Shutterstock.com Last...

Images of children working in hazardous and abusive conditions naturally provoke strong emotional reactions. For this reason, measures designed to stop children from working, and make sure they go...

Concerns over Greece’s ability to pay the debt it owes to the European Commission, European Central Bank and IMF continue unabated. While a great deal of coverage is given...

China’s industrial landscape is in a process of rapid transformation. As low-end industries are squeezed by rising costs for land, labour and other resources, the Chinese government has reinforced...

The recent Francis Report into how poor care at Mid-Staffordshire Foundation Trust was allowed to happen was another lesson in just how valuable whistleblowers are to society. Yet as...

As Greece moves from one repayment deadline to another, you can be forgiven for thinking that the country’s main daily challenge is finding the money to pay its public...

After last week’s elections, British politics is at a unique turning point and perhaps so is US policy, where in a tumultuous world; Great Britain has heretofore been a...

Just a few days before the election, I predicted that Labour would win 270 seats and the Conservatives 275, and Labour would form a minority government. I begin with...