Simon Wren-Lewis: Which OECD country is the highest social spender?

The food platform has been plunged into chaos by a rapidly-spreading series of wildcat strikes Read here

The historian Philip Mirowski says the left lacks a compelling story about how markets work, and for too long has conceived of government and markets as separate entities. Read here  

In Norway opposition Labor Party withdraws support for oil exploration off Lofoten islands in Norway’s Arctic, creating solid majority in parliament to keep area off limits for oil. How long that will hold is anyone´s […]