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If you're under 45, you'll see climate change's effects in person

Economics | By Alex Hern | 01:39PM 24 Apr 2013

We're still caught up in a 1980s mindset.
Krugman's uncanny accuracy shows why more eyes should be on Japan

Economics | By Alex Hern | 10:17AM 24 Apr 2013

Abenomics is more that just a Japanese story.
Politics muddies the waters of Scotland and the pound

Economics | By Alex Hern | 04:46PM 23 Apr 2013

It's simple, until it's not.
Revealed: why the deficit actually rose today

Economics | Tax and spending | By George Eaton | 10:45AM 23 Apr 2013

Strip out all special factors and total borrowing was £400m...
Fitch agency downgrades UK credit rating from AAA to AA+

Economics | Markets and Currency | By Helen Lewis | 08:56AM 20 Apr 2013

More trouble for "downgraded Chancellor" George Osborne.
Wanted: a Secretary of State for Infrastructure

Economics | By Alexander Jan | 03:13PM 19 Apr 2013

After some neglect, the UK is ramping up investment in its...
Ireland imposes strict new limits on spending of debtors

Economics | By Alex Hern | 01:14PM 19 Apr 2013

€247.04 a month for food.

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Via The Atlantic, the revelation that under-40s don't differ too much from over-40s in not really wanting their tablet journalism cluttered with too many oddities.

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