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Meghnad Desai

MEGHNAD DESAI IS EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS AT THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, CHAIR OF THE OMFIF ADVISORY COUNCIL AND CROSSBENCH PEER IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

Post-Downing Street, Rishi Sunak should go run a big multinational bank, says the writer.

Salvation for Sunak as he leads Conservatives to slaughter

THE British election on Jul 4 is important not because of any great uncertainty about the outcome – the Tories are heading...

An aerial view of people at a market in Shenyang, in China's northeastern Liaoning province; Aug 9, 2023
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Xi Jinping’s historical view of economics hampering China’s growth

Slowdown in China has roots in enduring structural problems

Boris Johnson knows that causing by-elections by resigning his seat in parliament will expose the weakness of his party and of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Once again, UK Tories lose their way over Europe

Look to 1919 for lessons from 2019 and Boris Johnson

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is battling party divisions over Brexit, and also needs to deliver on issues such as inflation.

Two hundred days of Rishi Sunak

RISHI Sunak has managed to last 200 days as UK prime minister. That is four times as long as his predecessor Liz...

British Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt warned about the severity of the financial crisis when he unveiled his Budget statement on Nov 17.
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Whistling in the dark: Hunt’s autumn statement

Scary words but no action

Why is the world so ineffective at making and implementing decisions which are in the collective interest. The science has delivered the message clearly. The solution is known. There is enthusiasm from the idealistic young.

Climate change action is a collective failure

COP27 deliberating same concerns as 50 years ago

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