Greek debt crisis: an existentialist drama with no good end in sight
Larry Elliott
Sartre’s Huis Clos has three damned souls locked in a room for eternity. Greece has Tsipras, Schäuble and Lagarde. Now there’s a fourth: enter stage right Trump
The new robot revolution will take the boss's job, not the gardener's
Larry Elliott
Advances in artificial intelligence mean a second wave of change is approaching – and it is not the low-paid service sector where jobs are most at risk
Protectionism's winds of change are blowing, but the left can make it work
Colin Hines
By prioritising protection and rebuilding of local economies the left can find a positive answer to voters’ concerns while challenging the extreme right
Economic forecasts are hardwired to get things wrong
Larry Elliott
Economists have been found guilty of groupthink, guided by political ends and using error-prone gravity modelling. No wonder they crash back down to Earth
Major central banks react inversely to US and will persist with ultra-low or negative interest rates in the hope banks will lend to people – they won’t
