Even in 2019, some are more equal than others
Dave Rawlings says there’s merit in the idea that we want the brightest among us to be running things, but poses the question: do we really want the greedy in power? I…
Inequality
Maxwell’s Consumer: seeking a sustainable world
The recent uprising of the Gilets Jaunes in France is one idiosyncratic national reaction to a global problem. But global problems demand global answers and Maxwell’s demon offers a possible solution, writes…
Shifting sands of scientific progress
The economic, commercial and geo-political status of nations is derived from their scientific and technological prowess. A new report charts how this balance of power has altered since the turn of the…
Chief-Exec series: Lifting the lid on UK productivity
Here is a chart that reveals a UK economy in the doldrums and shows where it could be heading. John Egan decribes the challenges this presents to raising the nation’s prosperity and…
Opération Séduction: a week in the life of the President
Emmanuel Macron continues to surf the wave that swept him to power in the French presidential election in 2017. John Egan reviews a week in which his engagements with the global elite…
Delivering economic salvation
Murray Ritchie poses the question: With the emergence of Cyril Ramaphosa as president-in-waiting of South Africa can the so-called economic powerhouse of Africa finally live up to expectations? Not since Mandela has…
A future that leaves equality behind
Times are a changing for education, health, employment and income. John Egan reports on the findings of the OECD on emerging inequalities. For a young man born at the turn of the…
Globalisation: the fightback for a fairer world begins
International trade has led to an equally global backlash from citizens of advanced economies against the economic deprivation to which they feel exposed, John Egan writes. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and…
Four charts, two scenarios and a dilemma
UK Prime Minister Theresa May could find herself on the horns of a dilemma She has a problem. To quell the unrest that led to the Brexit vote she needs to address…
Political conversation needs the voice of reason
In the raging debate about the “crisis” gripping Western democracies, one set of voices has been noticeably silent. What might be best termed as the “moderate right” – a political category in…