Other lives: Prominent Australian economist who settled in the UK to found the economics department at De Montfort University, Leicester
March 2024
Tackling inequality vital for next century of growth, IMF head says
The Guardian view on Treasury fiscal rules: no way to run a country
January 2024
The world economy is in crisis again. If we look back 80 years, we might be able to fix it
Michael Jacobs
The historic Bretton Woods summit shaped a golden era of growth. This year’s G20 could be our equivalent, says academic and economist Michael Jacobs
November 2023
Tony Thirlwall obituary
Leading academic and Keynesian best known for Thirlwall’s Law on economic growth
August 2023
Observer business profile
Raghuram Rajan: the banker who warned of meltdown in 2005
The former governor of India’s central bank now steers a tricky course between supporting free markets and campaigning against unfettered risk-taking
January 2022
The Guardian view on high energy prices: buffer stocks can stabilise them
Editorial: Britain faces years of high energy prices and needs to have a conversation about what policies are needed
May 2021
Economics viewpoint
Why the landmark Bretton Woods deal is as relevant today as in 1944
Larry Elliott
Countries came together early and decisively to fix a broken global system. The same ambition is needed today
March 2021
Covid crisis watch
Only a large-scale skills programme can protect against Covid's fallout
Andy Haldane
Huge fiscal support has safeguarded jobs and demand, but only skills and training can prevent long-term economic scarring
February 2021
The Guardian view on a post-Covid recovery: not just for the well-off
Too tough or too timid? Joe Biden's stimulus package feels the heat
Larry Elliott
December 2020
As Airbnb's shares go through the roof, we need to challenge the Big Tech monopoly
Will Hutton
Innovation and competition are being stifled. But there are signs of optimism
November 2020
The Guardian view on a national infrastructure bank: proving Keynes right again
Editorial: The question is not whether the state picks losers, but whether government failure is better – or worse – than the market failure it seeks to correct
August 2020
We’ve got to start thinking beyond our own lifespans if we’re going to avoid extinction
Sonia Sodha
Project Syndicate economists
Forget doom-laden headlines, the dollar has not gone into terminal decline
Barry Eichengreen
July 2020
Only bold state intervention will save us from a future owned by corporate giants
Joe Guinan and Martin O'Neill
If small businesses fail after Covid-19, the big boys will become even more powerful. There is an answer, say authors Joe Guinan and Martin O’Neill
June 2020
William Keegan's in my view
Rishi Sunak is a reluctant Keynesian. But he has no choice
William Keegan
Observer book of the week
The Price of Peace by Zachary D Carter review – how liberals betrayed Keynes
March 2020
Economics viewpoint
The coronavirus crisis may lead to a new way of economic thinking
Larry Elliott
From the Guardian archive
Reconstruction in Europe: a Guardian guide – archive, 1922
