Capitalism is suffering death by a thousand cuts

The debate about how to raise economic growth begs a question, says Chris Dillow. “Is rapid growth possible even with the best feasible policies?” Since 1750, trend growth of much above 1% per year wa

Don’t rock the boat. Don’t stick your neck out. Don’t blow your own trumpet. These are all lessons Europeans absorb early, while the US economy runs on exuberance, enterprise and risk-taking. A tellin

The last 50 years have been kind to investors in real terms. Everything made money: equities, bonds, property and gold. All investors had to remember was not to buy high and sell low. But that hasn’t

CITY

When a president uses his office to launch a cryptocurrency, it is clear that his modus operandi is to part people from their money. Apply this analysis to the global stage, tune out the furore over h

Things haven’t been great for the UK stockmarket over the last two decades. Indeed, the City has been a “serial underachiever”, especially when compared with the US, says Andrew Jones, a portfolio man