Simon Rose: The betrayal of savers

The Bank’s own figures showed that QE has cost the poorest 10 per cent £779 each while benefiting the top 10 per cent by over £30,000.

How quantitative easing in the West screws up the rest of the world

With Syria and Egypt dominating the headlines, an international crisis of a different kind is going largely unnoticed. In countries… Read more »

It’s time to start worrying about Japan again

Sometimes you have to wonder whether most people understand the enormity of our national debt, let alone the debts of… Read more »

Heresy of the week: The rich keep getting richer because the state keeps giving them money

In the run-up to the financial crisis of 2008, the rich got a whole lot richer. But they must have… Read more »

Heresy of the week: Fiscal conservatism has been betrayed by people who call themselves conservatives

Good news! Share values are reaching new records – not only in Britain, but in America too! But, here, courtesy… Read more »

The poor should save more and the rich should save less

For any given level of income inequality in any particular place, wealth inequalities are usually much greater. But, so what,… Read more »

David Cameron is wrong – there is a magic money tree, but it only grows in the gardens of the rich

Last week, in a speech on the economy, David Cameron warned the nation that there is no “magic money tree”…. Read more »

The most unaffordable public sector pension scheme of them all

Public sector pensions are seen as a threat to the sustainability of our public finances. They’re also a potential cause… Read more »

Nevermind plan B, here’s plan H – a helicopter drop of made-up money

Last week, the Deep End featured Anatole Kaletsky’s argument that money created through Quantitative Easing (QE) should be given directly… Read more »

If the Government is just going to print money, why can’t we have some?

In his column for Reuters, Anatole Kaletsky ventures into the wacky world of quantitative easing or QE. Faced with a… Read more »

Liberty, equality, bankruptcy – the future of France

Whatever happens to the Eurozone in the short-term, the long-term looks truly grim. That, at least, is the case made… Read more »

JP Floru: Poor savers make rich pickings

By JP Floru Self-reliance must rank in the top three Conservative values; perhaps together with producing growth and taking care… Read more »