How to spot a monopoly

Donald Trump is flailing, and no wonder. He was not elected to shoot nurses or raise healthcare costs for ordinary Americans while cutting taxes for billionaires. Yet the Democratic party’s elderly, w

worksinprogress.co “Time and again,” economic reformers in the former communist bloc tried to “introduce rationality” into economic planning with the aim of producing abundance, says Michael Hill. The

The household- and personal-goods sector sits at the heart of everyday consumer spending. It covers the staples people buy week in, week out – from laundry detergents and cleaning products to toothpas

Figures for the level and rate of growth of gross domestic product (GDP) are quoted ubiquitously, including in this magazine. They are widely agreed to tell us something of importance. But there is a

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One of the least financially literate people I have ever met was a friend who as a teenager accumulated an unarranged overdraft of £50 on her newly opened bank account. Having been told she must recti