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By Alex Hern - 24 June 12:44

The DEA has seized $800 worth of Bitcoins in an unprecedented move.

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By Colin Hay and Tony Payne - 24 June 11:23

There's power in a name. But we have to get the right one.

A woman cycles past the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland
By Alex Hern - 24 June 10:33

But should the BIS be listened to at all?

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By Alex Hern - 21 June 16:26

The real concern about GM is that it extends intellectual property protection into our fields.

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By Alex Hern - 19 June 17:15

Party like it's 1799.

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By Adrian Lovett - 19 June 11:48

When the difference between "for example" and "including" means the world.

A robo-trader, maybe. Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 18 June 15:22

Masters of the Universe, or dummies?

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By Alex Hern - 18 June 12:53

Do we really subsidise each wind farm job for £100,000?

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By Tom Copley - 17 June 16:32

The private rented sector has fundamentally changed over the past decade; yet the rules governing how it functions are rooted in the late 1980s.

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By Alex Hern - 17 June 14:32

An economic all-stars match-up.

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By Alex Hern - 17 June 10:53

A good news/bad news moment.

Terraced houses.
By Katie Schmuecker - 15 June 10:25

Payment structures and price plans in utilities and financial services continue to inflict higher costs on the poorest in society. Regulators and the government need to do more.

Firemen extinguish a burning car in Kista after riots in Swedish suburbs
By Liam McLaughlin - 14 June 14:59

Inequality, not immigration, was what sparked the unrest.

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By Neil Lee - 14 June 13:50

It's naive to pretend there are no benefits, but too often only the employers get them.

Grand Cayman. Photograph: Getty Images
By Murray Worthy - 14 June 11:56

Cameron needs to lead on tax dodging, because he has the power to stop it.

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By Alex Hern - 14 June 9:29

It's only OK to retroactively change a deal when it affects young people.

Stephen Hester, just the latest unemployed Briton. Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 13 June 11:15

Unemployment has stalled – and other statistics are even worse.

Pictured: A desert. Possibly a men desert. Photograph: Getty Images
By Declan Gaffney - 12 June 14:59

The Centre for Applied Data Torture reports.

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By Preston Byrne - 12 June 12:46

More lawyers should be hired directly by the state; but the rest should get used to living without legal aid, writes Preston Byrne.

A young Albert Einstein. The physicist was a patent clerk as a young man. Photog
By Alex Hern - 12 June 10:21

That patents boost innovation is received wisdom, but it might not be true.

New Statesman
By Alex Hern - 06 June 10:15

It doesn't even need capping.

New Statesman
By Alex Hern - 05 June 15:25

I'd still rather be growing slowly at a high level of development than the other way round.

New Statesman
By Alex Hern - 05 June 11:07

While the UK debates ending universality, economists in America are talking about making income itself universal.

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By Alex Hern - 04 June 11:28

"He may really deserve to be called a moron".

New Statesman
By Alex Hern - 03 June 18:00

So let's build it.

New Statesman
By Alex Hern - 03 June 16:54

Accused of conspiring with publishers to raise prices.

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By Alex Hern - 03 June 11:06

Indicators show slowing rate of decline in industry.

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