At a time when so many are struggling, cutting stamp duty and helping the well off might seem like a strange move.

The early signs indicate that the EU is responding much more effectively than it did in 2008.

Boris Johnson says he wants to get on top of the UK's productivity problem, but the job measures in the summer statement could take the country in the opposite direction.

Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds was understandably sceptical of Rishi Sunak's claims to be "helping the poorest the most", but Tories are moving in the right direction.

The extent of the current economic malaise has much deeper roots than the coronavirus pandemic.

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Gulf states have given women great education, but they are still very limited participants in the workplace.

Optimism and pessimism can lead to poor decision making.

Creating lots of new money is supposed to produce runaway inflation. The longer that it doesn't happen, the more this branch of economics appears to have a point.

Hong Kong still has a competitive advantage over mainland Chinese rivals for international commerce.

Could spending money on goods and produced in the UK help bolster the crumbling economy?

The rise of big pub companies has led to focus on profits and share prices.