The Tory party pledges to work hand-in-hand with the Bank of England to keep interest rates lower for longer by cutting the record budget deficit faster than Labour

Boris Johnson's favourite think tank (and the place where he gets most of his staff from) Policy Exchange have just released a report saying that residents of Northern Cities such as Sunderland should be encouraged to move to the more prosperous South East, and that this should go hand in hand with a massive programme of house building in these areas. Never mind that much of the South East is...

The economy is a double-edged sword On one hand this economy is painful for just about every American, with the immediate economic prospects not looking all that great. At least at this point. On the other hand it is this very economy that might present the best chance the country has to get Obama out of the White House in 2012! With a current GOP field that continues to look anemic at best, a cra...

From Think Progress: One the one hand: people who make eecutive jets are part of the economy too.  On the other hand: bloody hell, are they trying to make us hate them?

Here’s a paradox. One the one hand, there’s good laboratory evidence that money can change people’s behaviour for the worse, making them less likely to co-operate (pdf) with others and more likely to cheat. But on the other hand, there’s...

"Why can't my left hand give money to my right hand?" wondered Wittgenstein. Bizarre proposals to jump-start the stalled private finance initiative, discussed in Wednesday's Society Guardian, resemble the left hand writing out a deed of gift while the right hand pens a receipt. A scheme whose supposed rationale was using the private sector to shelter the taxpayer from risk may now be rev...

Possibly one of the funniest thing I've seen all day. Derek Draper's new book is launched on Thursday and you can already buy a second-hand copy at knocked down price on Amazon. Second hand before its even new. That's very spechul! Hat Tip: Donal Blaney

Richard Moon, the University of Windsor professor who was hand-picked by the Canadian Human Rights Commission to "review" their misbehaviour, will receive a $52,250 payday for four months of part-time work. Gee. I wonder what he'll tell them? If I'm ever, say, audited by Revenue Canada, can I hand-pick my taxman? Can I pay him $52,250? Just to ensure he's being fair, you see. That&#...

Via Ace of Spades blog, some badly-needed perspective on America's decision to drop the bomb on Japan, and evidence of a more general problem: Arthur T. Hadley said recently that those for whom the use of the A-bomb was "wrong" seem to be implying "that it would have been better to allow thousands on thousands of American and Japanese infantrymen to die in honest hand-to-hand combat on the beaches...

I am sure you are all as confused as I am over the current state of the UK economy.On the one hand, we have David Blanchflower of the MPC stating that we are in recession already and need to cut interest rates now, and various commentators stating that we are about to crash. House prices continue to fall and manufacturing output is down.On the other hand, the price of oil is finally coming down an...