Theresa May must fight the hard Brexiters or Britain will be ruined | Will Hutton

The economic fallout from a violent rupture with the EU will have devastating consequences for the country and its people. Brexit is pure poison, polluting everything it touches. The fundamental questions the country should be addressing the crisis in productivity growth, the lack of affordable housing, the overwhelming strain on public services, our desperately weak […]

Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Dwarfed By Estimates Of Need

States welcome President-elect Donald Trump’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan. But their need is more than three times that. The Associated PressTexas transportation workers in July survey the damage from a bridge collapse in which a child died. President-elect Donald Trump has proposed fixing dilapidated infrastructure. By Elaine S. Povich If President-elect Donald Trump is successful […]

Brexit will blow 59bn hole in public finances, admits Hammond

Chancellor attempts to strike cautiously upbeat tone but OBR warns of extra borrowing over next five years. Philip Hammond conceded that Brexit will blow a 59bn black hole in the public finances over the next five years, as he outlined plans to boost investment in infrastructure and housing to equip the UK economy for life […]

The Guardian view on globalisation: its death is the making of it | Editorial

Editorial: We may be at a turning point in the nature of capitalism. That may not be such a bad thing. Ever since US presidential candidates railed against free trade, and anti-immigrant parties madesweeping gains in Europe, the question has been asked: are we witnessing the demiseof globalisation? A trend that has dominated economics and […]