Borrowing can be good, there is no such thing as the ‘nation’s credit card’, and, yes, you can buck the markets – as previous governments have shown, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

The UK is so rich on paper, and yet unable to meet so many of our basic needs. Once the ‘workshop of the world’, our economy has shifted from productive to extractive: instead of creating real…

We’re told the economy is growing, so why does life keep getting harder? In this episode of Fixing Our Economy, we rethink economics from the ground up. Instead of focusing on GDP, markets, and…

Martin Whitlock previews his forthcoming talk at the HGF Open Day in September

Bonkers Economics is an art and economics project inspired by decades of failure of economic policy, in the UK and elsewhere.

Westminster council has recommended banning ‘vertical drinking’ or ordering at the bar in new draft licensing policy

The profits of the big UK banks could fund many of the government's key social priorities, and still leave plenty left over for shareholders.

Discover why the UK economy is failing. Explore powerful images and stories revealing how wealth accumulation at the top harms society.

Top UK bosses now earn in just three days what the average worker earns in an entire year. By 5 January, that gap becomes impossible to ignore. But this isn’t really about fairness, it’s about what…