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Is Oppenheimer a movie for our time, reminding us of the tensions, dangers and conflicts of the old Cold War while a new one threatens to break out?

In 1937 the English economist Joan Robinson proposed that “when capitalism is rightly understood, the rate of interest will be set at zero and the major evils of capitalism will disappear”. John Maynard Keynes, who had taught Robinson, suggested something similar a year earlier in slightly more qualified and technical…

The clock is ticking on the development of policy to meet this huge societal challenge, says Larry Elliott, the Guardian’s economics editor

The idea that tech will free us from drudgery is an attractive narrative, but history tells a different story

A new entrant in the anti-neoliberalism genre fails to land any blows.

Stolen wages is not a new phenomenon in Australia, but the sheer contempt shown for workers by employers is astonishing, advocates say.

Having been grossly misled in the referendum, Britons’ anger is mounting as the reality of our plight becomes clear

What Are Animal Spirits? Who Coined the Term? Economists look at an individual’s behavior to understand stock market movements because emotion often drives market sentiment. The term “animal spirits” was first used by a Greek physician named Galen in the second century CE. Galen believed an entire ...

Research shows that working fewer hours can be far more productive. Richard Godwin clocks on to find out if it’s true