China warns US of retaliation over Trump’s 100% tariffs threat | Trump tariffs
Beijing has told the US it will retaliate if Donald Trump fails to back down...
Economy
Urgent calls for debt relief as study shows health and education cuts in developing world | International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Top economists are demanding urgent action on debt relief in Washington this week, as analysis...
‘Using us as political pawns’: federal workers reel over threats of firings and withheld back pay | US federal government shutdown 2025
With no end of the federal government shutdown in sight, an estimated 750,000 workers remain...
Rachel Reeves v the OBR: chancellor aims to loosen the watchdog’s grip | Economics
For a crew of 50-odd nerds sharing an uninspiring concrete block in Westminster with the...
Trump news at a glance: layoffs for federal workers begin and president threatens China with tariffs | Trump administration
Mass firings of US federal workers have begun, as Republicans work to exert pressure on...
The Inquiry – Is Trump building a crypto economy?
Available for over a year Donald Trump once dismissed cryptocurrencies as a scam. But since...
Eric Potts obituary | Business
My father, Eric Potts, who has died aged 89, was an economist working in engineering...
Witness History – How BRICS got its name
Available for over a year In 2001, a few months after 9/11, economist Jim O’Neill...
The false economy of reduced public services | Austerity
George Monbiot is correct that cuts in public services cost far more than the money...
History shows war against immigrants will backfire on all Americans | US economy
The government shutdown may have prevented the publication of September’s job report, but we can...