Will Hutton



Profile:
Full name: Will Hutton

Area of interest: British, European and international politics

Journals/Organisation: The Observer | The Guardian

Email: [mailto:whutton@theworkfoundation.com whutton@theworkfoundation.com]

Personal website:

Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/willhutton

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Networks: https://twitter.com/#!/williamnhutton



Biography:
About: "Will Hutton is the Principal of Hertford College, Oxford University. He is also the Chair of the Big Innovation Centre at The Work Foundation – the most influential voice on work, employment and organisation issues in the UK. Regularly called on to advise senior political and business figures and comment in the national and international media, Will is today one of the pre-eminent economics commentators in the country" - http://www.theworkfoundation.com/Aboutus/Our-People/58/Will-Hutton

Education: Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School; Bristol University: Sociology and Economics; INSEAD: MBA

Career: Began his career as a stockbroker and investment analyst, before working in BBC TV and radio as a producer and reporter. BBC Newsnight: economics editor, 1983/88; European Business Channel: editor in chief, 1988/90; The Guardian: economics editor, 1990/1996; The Observer: editor then editor-in-chief, 1996/2000

Current position/role: Columnist


 * also writes/written for: The New York Observer, The Washington Post and The Boston Globe

Other roles/Main role:
 * Chief executive of The Work Foundation
 * Principal of Hertford College, Oxford
 * Governor of the London School of Economics
 * Honorary Fellow, Mansfield College, Oxford
 * Visiting Professor, Manchester University Business School and Bristol University
 * Member of the Scott Trust
 * Fellow of the Sunningdale Institute

Other activities:
 * In May 2010, Hutton was appointed to lead an inquiry into cutting top public sector pay by the new Prime Minister, David Cameron
 * Invited by the EU commission to join a high-level group on the mid-term review of the Lisbon strategy and acted as rapporteur for the report published in November 2004

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Broadcast media:

Video: Crash - How the Banks Went Bust & How Long Will It Last?, Dispatches, Channel 4, April 2009

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Awards/Honours: The Dispatches documentaries, Crash (see above), on the inside story of the financial crash and its aftershocks won a prestigious Wincott award for the best television coverage in 2009 of a topical business issue (The Wincott Foundation)

Scoops:

Other: Political Journalist of the Year award in 1993



Books & Debate:
Latest work: Them and Us - Why We Need a Fair Society OCLC458732613, October 2010. See: Can Britain ever be a fair society? - In his new book, Them and Us, the economist Will Hutton argues that it can – but only if the state reins in capitalism, Julian Glover, The Guardian
 * The revolution that never was: an assessment of Keynesian economics OCLC12286197, 1986
 * The state we're in: why Britain is in crisis and how to overcome it OCLC32187827, 1995
 * The state to come OCLC59628076, 1997
 * The stakeholding society: writings on politics and economics OCLC40061241, 1998
 * Salvos and skirmishes: The state of our community OCLC60183340, 1998
 * On the edge: living with global capitalism OCLC42792489, (ed. with Anthony Giddens), 2000
 * Global capitalism OCLC, (ed. with Anthony Giddens), 2000
 * The world we're in OCLC48837254, 2002
 * A declaration of interdependence: why America should join the world OCLC51163494, 2003
 * The writing on the wall: China and the west in the 21st century OCLC 71807957, 2006
 * Creative apprenticeship OCLC155676580, 2007

Speaking/Appearances:
 * Kilkenomics Festival, Kilkenny, Ireland, 2nd-6th November 2011
 * Capitalism in crisis debates, Part one: The Queen's question: 'Why did no one see it coming?', 24th February 2009
 * | China and the West in the 21st Century, Australian National University, 1st June 2007

Current debate:Responses to Public sector senior pay plan unveiled by Will Hutton, 16th March 2011 
 * Hutton proposes a performance-related pay cut in the public sector. Has he lost his mind?'' - Janet Daley
 * Hutton performs unevenly on public sector pay'' - Deborah Hargreaves
 * Hutton's naive pay review won't stop the bosses' bonus racket'' - Simon Jenkins

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Remit/Info: British, European and international politics

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Role: Columnist

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Website: Guardian.co / Will Hutton

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Day published: Sunday

Regularity: Weekly

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Articles: 2017

 * Are the Murdochs really ‘fit and proper’ to claim the prize of fully owning Sky? - The signs are that 21st Century Fox will take control of the broadcaster, which would diminish our culture - 2nd July
 * Macron has led a brilliant coup – could the British now do the same? - The French president hopes to establish a new economic order. Labour should be watching him closely - 18th June
 * Theresa May takes on the older voter. That’s gutsy, but is social care any fairer? - In an ideal world, an insurance system would pay for care later in life but we must find a way to tax housing wealth - 21st May
 * The left must take a lesson from the right and come together to win - Labour’s manifesto is bold, but Jeremy Corbyn has to unite people if he wants to form a government - 14th May
 * Overhaul Britain’s rotten tax system or we won’t be able to sustain a healthy state - Arguing over whether a £70,000 salary makes you rich diverts us from a proper discussion of public finances - 23rd April
 * If unions are to stay relevant in the new workplace, they must change - The battle for the leadership of Unite is vital for the future of the left – and the whole country - 9th April
 * Instead of draining the swamp, Trump has become Wall Street’s best buddy - The president promised a radical overhaul of banking, but is encouraging the money men’s worst excesses - 12th February
 * Britain has grown rich by chasing the cash. Now it has lost the scent - Our instincts served us well during empire, but now we seem alone in a fast-changing world - 29th January
 * A pay cap is not only unworkable, it also detracts from the goal of a fairer society - Jeremy Corbyn has put income inequality on the agenda. But as I found out, reducing it is hard and is not a priority - 15th January



Articles: 2016

 * Aleppo’s horrors suggest the west is now impotent when confronted by savagery - Bombing hospitals is beyond the pale. If we do nothing else, we must insist humanitarian values are upheld - 13th December
 * In our youth, before the dream soured, we fell for Castro’s vision - In the idealistic 1960s, Cuba’s late leader seemed to offer a genuine alternative to oppressive regimes - 27th November
 * The Brexit war can still be won, but we must start fighting back - Millions are desperate to prevent Britain unravelling, but we need to be as passionate as those who would wrench us from the EU - 3rd November
 * Foreign students are key to our economic and intellectual life. Let’s welcome them - Universities, one of our great national assets, will be the poorer for insistence on immigration controls - 30th October
 * Let’s stand up for a vision of an open, tolerant and outward-looking country - True British patriots are proud of a country that was a pioneer of fairness and democracy - 10th October
 * Nissan is an early sign of the downturns and the divisions Brexit could bring - Car-maker puts investment plans on hold and the immigration debate intensifies – is this life outside the EU? - 2nd October
 * The gig economy is here to stay. So making it fairer must be a priority - As the number of workers living in poverty grows, is it possible to have an ethically driven system? - 4th September
 * Don’t be fooled. There will be damaging fallout from Brexit - Brexiters claim we have avoided Armageddon, but economies have slow responses. The reality of unravelling ties with the EU will hit Britain hard - 26th August
 * France’s liberal traditions won’t be helped by the burkini ban - Western nations need to stop stigmatising Muslims as ‘other’ and champion institutions that speak to everyone - 21st August
 * Why Brexit may be a deadly experiment for science - EU funding was a vital lifeline for our world-leading scientific research sector. That, and so much more, has now been blown away - 17th July
 * A new, well-led Labour party could make a difference - There’s an obligation to keep the liberal social democratic tradition alive - 3rd July
 * EU referendum: ‘This is now a battle for an idea of Britain’ - The sentiments over the EU referendum are very real, dividing the country into two hostile camps - 19th June
 * Flirting with Trump? No, the US will vote for a Boulder solution - Boulder, Colorado, has been voted the US’s happiest city, thanks to its urban planning, high level of healthcare and burgeoning service jobs - 22nd May
 * Only fundamental social change can defeat the anxiety epidemic - People, particularly young people, are beset by mental health problems on a scale never seen before. Now it is time to rebalance individualism against the common good - 8th May
 * To protect workers’ rights, the left should come out fighting for the EU - Europe has enough critics in the Leave campaign without qualified, half-hearted advocacy from Corbyn - 27th March
 * George Osborne would fail his economics GCSE – he can’t even get the basics - On the eve of a crucial budget, the chancellor is still wedded to a flawed interpretation of the economy - 6th March
 * We need a social media with heart that gives us time to think - As even Tim Berners-Lee has recognised, the volume of data with which we’re being bombarded prevents us from engaging in genuine debate - 7th February
 * If having more no longer satisfies us, perhaps we’ve reached ‘peak stuff’ - Societies must learn to use economics to help provide purpose and fulfilment - 31st January
 * Litvinenko’s murder shows why Putin’s Russia will never prosper - Moscow can never create a Google, an Apple, a BBC, a Siemens: for that, it would need the rule of law and all the open democratic structures that support it - 24th January
 * Why are we looking on helplessly as markets crash all over the world? - The imminent collapse of the Chinese Ponzi-scheme economy shows that we need to bring control to the international economy - 17th January
 * After Cologne, the uneasy question: is cultural coexistence still possible? - Liberalism must defeat those looking to exploit the NYE events or a benign European Union will be lost - 10th January
 * When will banks learn that dodgy tax practices actually cost them dear? - Investment banking, the world of high-velocity trading in trillions of pounds of financial assets and mega-deals, wins few prizes in the integrity stakes - 3rd January



Articles: 2015

 * Cecil Rhodes was a racist, but you can’t readily expunge him from history - Quintessential racist and British supremacist though he was, Cecil Rhodes cannot simply be written out of Oxford’s history - 20th December
 * Innovation will save our warming planet – so where is the investment? - Governments must commit themselves to greater R&D or their vows on climate change will just be hot air - 29th November
 * Everything we hold dear is being cut to the bone. Weep for our country - George Osborne knows he is politically free to do what he wants at Wednesday’s autumn statement: Labour offers no substantive intellectual or political opposition - 23rd November
 * We'll lose something vital if we stop debate on campus and beyond - It is vital that we remain exactly what we are: a tolerant society that makes no demand on us but to obey the rule of law - 1st November
 * Doctors, teachers, the police – public servants are demoralised - It’s practically impossible now to defend the state without being labelled left wing. It wasn’t always so - 18th October
 * The world economic order is collapsing and this time there seems no way out - The refugee crisis is paralleled by the savage fallout from a global financial system running out of control - 11th October
 * The broadening of right-to-buy will inevitably worsen the housing crisis - If housing associations are forced to sell to tenants, the impact on the market will be catastrophic - 20th September
 * The BBC is loved by the nation. It can use that power to confront the Tories - Our public service broadcaster is at risk as never before by a government hellbent on emasculating it - 13th September
 * Angela Merkel’s humane stance on immigration is a lesson to us all - The German leader has stood up to be counted. Europe should rally to her side - 30th August
 * Once, firms cherished their workers. Now they are seen as disposable - The Amazon revelations reflect a wider tendency for companies to take a brutal approach to employees at all levels - 23rd August
 * Perhaps it is not just Nick Kyrgios, the bad boy of tennis, who is losing control - From sledging in sport to hate-filled outbursts in politics, are we ignoring the inner voice of restraint? - 16th August
 * Growing student debt is entrenching unfairness for a whole generation - The university fees regime is helping Britain create the most stratified, least socially mobile, cruelly unfair society in its treatment of the young - 9th August
 * ‘Quarterly capitalism’ is short-term, myopic, greedy and dysfunctional - Shareholders must stop sucking companies dry at the expense of innovation, investment and the wellbeing of the workforce - 26th July
 * Michael Gove has a vision for reforming prisons – and justice - The new justice secretary has made a bold and challenging speech on the shortcomings of the criminal justice system - 20th July
 * Better to inherit a home than start a business in Osborne.uk - The chancellor of the exchequer claims he wants to double exports by 2020, but his budget gives little indication as to how that might happen - 12th July
 * State or private? Painful school choice that still fuels inequality in Britain - For years, the right delighted in taking aim at the education ‘blob’. However, it was always the wrong target - June 27th
 * Greek crisis: was the euro always a bad idea, a cause of Europe’s woes? - A ‘misconceived failure’ from the start… or a true ‘public good’ - 21st June
 * A fitting tribute to Charles Kennedy would be a revival of popular liberalism - With better Labour and Lib Dem policies, a new liberal social democratic ascendancy could have been established. Now we will have to wait a generation - 7th June
 * Sepp Blatter embraces the values of the casino rule. Prove him wrong - Sepp Blatter and Fifa continue to make a mockery of decency and fair play - 31st May
 * Criminal bankers have brazenly milked the system. Let’s change it - Conflicts of interest and opportunities for price rigging must be outlawed - 23rd May
 * Enough of the dry politics of numbers. We need to discuss values and vision - Political conversation has been drained of all vitality, fixated on a narrow set of targets. To breathe new life into it, our politicians should stop talking like accountants and rediscover moral purpose - 22nd March
 * For Britain to thrive we need fast access to the internet everywhere - The disparity in UK broadband speeds is more than an irritant. It means yet again we slip behind our competitors overseas - 14th March
 * Selling off Britain is not a sign of strength, but profound weakness - The country is in the middle of a huge ownership crisis. Let us at least start talking about it - 8th March
 * Don’t condemn the Church. Who else argues for the common good? - The bishops, in their letter, accuse UK parties of failing to offer ‘attractive visions of the kind of society and culture they wish to see’ - 22nd February
 * Labour’s economic vision is not exactly Keynes, but it’s a start - The party’s plans to boost skills and long-term investment are sensible, feasible, and could change Britain for the better - 17th February
 * Football is just one example of the inequalities that bedevil us - Sky and BT have just made the rich clubs even richer while the game’s grassroots wither. It is the world’s most unequal sports spectacle - 15th February
 * The Greens, chaotic as they are, give a lesson to the main parties - British Greens have not had to sort out priorities or be practical, but at least they have political integrity and heart - 1st February
 * Germany: a beacon and a force for good in Europe - Angela Merkel’s country is quietly attempting to anchor the EU in the liberal democracy and productive capitalism it enjoys - 11th January



Articles: 2014

 * Right-of-centre ideology has lost us the war in Afghanistan and much more besides - The ignominious retreat from Afghanistan is emblematic of a wider malaise that is afflicting Britain today - 28th December
 * Yes, we can reshape the state – if corporations pay more tax - Even 10 years ago companies were contributing around £20bn more to the UK exchequer than they are now - 14th December
 * Forget austerity – what we need is a stronger state and more taxation - The income tax system needs reshaping. This is not easy. But nor is reducing the state to its smallest level for 80 years - 7th December
 * Falling oil prices offer the west a great chance to refashion itself. Let’s seize it - With the black stuff cheaper than it has been in years, Europe’s governments must invest in their infrastructure - 30th November
 * Banking is changing, slowly, but its culture is still corrupt - The latest financial scandal indicates how hard it is to stamp out double-dealing when bankers are allowed to live by their own rules - 16th November
 * Give our cities power to prosper and all Britain will flourish too - The country's great conurbations are, currently, civic pygmies. George Osborne has made a start by giving Manchester more autonomy. Now more must follow - 9th November
 * David Cameron's tax credo is incoherent, immoral and economically illiterate - The prime minister's claims about taxation were wrong on every single economic and moral ground - 2nd November
 * Ebola and failing markets tell us that we need to work together - Governments must heed the warnings of our brightest minds and reshape our societies to help those most in need - 19th October
 * Shaming Wonga is great, but it won't help people pay the bills - It may have written off some of its debts, but until workers' wages rise in real terms, rapacious lenders such as Wonga will remain a fixture of our world - 5th October
 * By tackling Fifa’s toxic fiefdom we send a clear message to the world - The west must apply its own standards to itself – and that applies to football as well as international affairs - 28th September
 * If ITV is sold to a foreign mogul, a vital bit of our culture is threatened - US billionaire John Malone's interest in the station spells trouble for the future of British broadcasting - 14th September
 * We have 10 days to find a settlement to save the union - There is only one way now to stop the independence bandwagon. Westminster's party leaders must offer a fully federal Britain that would benefit everyone - 7th September
 * There is much more still to do to get poor students into higher education - Open up private schools, invest disproportionately in state schools in weaker neighbourhoods, and pay teachers as proper professionals - 17th August
 * The Doncaster Care UK strike is about putting values over profit - While the tax-avoiding, short-termist goals of private-equity firms deliver for investors and executives – are they compatible with the aims of the NHS? - 10th August
 * You can tell the nature of the Tory party by the company it keeps - Mainstream business and finance were absent from the Conservative fundraising ball. It was full of the new seekers of risk-free profit - 6th July
 * As the hacking trial proves, we lack moral purpose in public life - If we want to restore decency to our institutions, we must place more emphasis on fairness and justice - 29th June
 * The NHS is loved and efficient, so why the obsession with reform? - The cheapest but best health care system in the world can only suffer when profits come first - 22nd June
 * Interest rate rises will hurt, but are the start of sanity in housing - George Osborne, by granting the Bank of England sweeping powers over bank lending, has ended 30 years of Thatcherite nonsense - 15th June
 * Minimum wage: Seattle proves that the fight for decent pay can and must be won - The fast food workers' triumph is a landmark moment. And where they have led, others will follow - 8th June
 * We risk disaster if drugs giants don't invest in research - With bacteria increasingly resistant to antibiotics, it's absurd that multinationals are halting the creation of new cures - 4th May
 * It's easy to moan about bonuses, but just how do we fix banks? - There is no salvation in shareholders. They are part of the problem, not the solution - 27th April
 * Extravagant CEO pay doesn't reflect performance – it's all about status - The rise in super-salaries has nothing to do with performance and everything to do with keeping up in a status race - 20th April
 * Capitalism simply isn't working and here are the reasons why - Economist Thomas Piketty's message is bleak: the gap between rich and poor threatens to destroy us - 13th April
 * Voters will go on raging at elites while their interests are ignored - Nigel Farage has been been peddling anti-Europeanism for years. But now he has tapped a wider mood - 6th April
 * Osborne's pensions 'freedom' will be a long-term social disaster - The chancellor's budget claims that making annuities optional is a great blow for freedom are far from the truth - 23rd March
 * Why I've decided to sign up to the campaign for real press freedom - If the industry is allowed to police itself, it will continue to wield its increasing power without accountability - 16th March
 * Co-op executive pay reveals the depths that business has sunk to - Extravagant payments are claimed to drive companies forward, but the evidence suggests the opposite - 9th March
 * What's wrong with selling visas to rich immigrants at £2.5m a pop? - The money raised would solve a lot of economic problems and quell political scaremongering about immigration - 2nd March
 * The public sector isn't perfect but at least it doesn't fleece us - A culture in which the customer comes last will fail and fail again - 9th February
 * Scottish independence: stay united and Scotland could be key to a better, fairer Britain - The SNP could be a battering ram to create a more federal Britain with Scotland as the principal beneficiary - 2nd February
 * George Osborne's economic 'recovery' is built on sand - Half the UK jobs growth was driven by self-employment – redundant workers making an uncertain living as sole traders - 27th January
 * Britain is scared to face the real issue – it's all about inequality - The growing gap between rich and poor precipitated the last crash. Ominously, the same forces are abroad again - 19th January
 * Powerful lobbyists and fawning ministers are corroding society - The lack of regulation and legislation for which wealthy lobbyists press is mostly a form of welfare for big business - 12th January



Articles: 2013

 * Which will be the big economies in 15 years? It's not a done deal - Will China, Russia and Mexico, governed by extractive elites, really do so well? Is Europe such a write-off? And what about Britain? - 29th December
 * Politically bankrupt China dare not tolerate freedom of the press - Even as China's leaders promise a more liberal future for the country, they are suppressing those who would tell the truth - 22nd December
 * Osborne wants to take us back to 1948. Time to look forward instead - plans in the Treasury's autumn statement to return state spending to 1948 levels will do permanent damage to Britain - 8th December
 * Let no one be fooled: this is not the triumph of austerity, Mr Osborne - He won't admit it in his autumn statement, but the lift in the economy owes little to his avowed strategy - 1st December
 * Does the narrow and regressive Tory party have a death wish? - Even David Cameron no longer affects to be a moderniser as Conservatives retreat to their comfort zones - 24th November
 * We shouldn't be fatalistic about our future. There is another way - We are right to mourn the passing of old industries, but Britain's future must now lie in innovation - 10th November
 * The many challenges facing a beleaguered BBC - The corporation faces deep prejudice, but it also suffers from self-inflicted wounds - 3rd November
 * Do Britain's energy firms serve the public interest? - With Philip Booth: An Observer columnist and the director at the free-market thinktank Institute of Economic Affairs, take opposing sides in a debate on the pros and cons - 27th October
 * George Osborne in China – wide-eyed, innocent and deeply ignorant - Why was the chancellor so keen to strike deals with China when its values and interests are inimical to our own? - 20th October
 * George Osborne in China – wide-eyed, innocent and deeply ignorant - Why was the chancellor so keen to strike deals with China when its values and interests are inimical to our own? - 20th October
 * Unless we change the way we fund universities, our system will collapse - Soon the only graduates carrying on their studies will be the sons and daughters of the very rich or those who can secure bursaries, scholarships and grants - 13th October
 * Daily Mail's character assassination was a political act: it damages democracy - The Ralph Miliband article demeans the Mail's campaigning on bank bonuses and other issues
 * To fight climate change, we must trust scientific truth and collective action - Sceptics will rubbish a new report on climate change, dismissing calls for governmental action. Don't be swayed - 22nd September
 * In California, I saw the virtues – and vices – of the new economy - As a country we don't get the importance of computer code or the scale of the revolution unleashed by the digital world - 15th September
 * Birmingham's last hurrah for local pride before civic Britain is culled - Local authority spending cuts mean no city could consider spending £189m on a civic project such as the Library of Birmingham - 1st September
 * Power is fragmenting. But what is the true cost to democracy? - Countries are now being held to ransom by special-interest factions – look at the Tea Party in the US or Ukip in Britain - 25th August
 * Political cowardice stops us from solving our wretched housing crisis - More new homes must be built or Britain's cities will be transformed into ghettos - 28th July
 * Ignore the hype: Britain's 'recovery' is a fantasy that hides our weakness - A tiny rise in GDP is nothing to celebrate while the UK economy is as dysfunctional as ever - 21st July
 * This privatisation of the Royal Mail would be a national disaster - The Royal Mail must remain in British ownership and remodelled like Germany's Deutsche Post - 14th July
 * In language and action, there's a new brutalism in Westminster - George Osborne is not interested in helping people. His purpose is political positioning - 30th June
 * Blame austerity, not old people, for the plight of Britain's young - We have to refashion our economic model so that it works for everyone – particularly the young - 23rd June
 * Give us back our public spaces so we can have access all areas - Places such as London's Canary Wharf would be more vibrant if we weren't so restricted in what we can do there - 16th June
 * If only Britain had joined the euro - If Gordon Brown had chosen to join the single currency 10 years ago, both the European Union and Britain would be stronger now - 14th June
 * I despair as I watch the erosion of the liberal views I hold dear - Unless we take a more robust view of liberalism, tolerance ends up as not caring. Anything goes - 9th June
 * Why do we have to trawl for the facts about Britain and the EU? - With fishing policy, as with Italy's attempt to ban plastic bags, our government is terrified of appearing to allow the EU to undermine British 'interests' - 2nd June
 * Stop playing a crude numbers game with immigration. We must be open - Rejoicing at falling migration, largely down to a squeeze on students, is misplaced and only encourages hysteria - 26th May
 * Education: we all lose when we separate our children at the school gate - If more schools are converted to academies, state pupils will be better equipped to compete with their privileged peers - 12th May
 * It's fine to boost the arts, but we should first redefine them - Given their importance to the British economy, we must think anew about our cultural industries - 28th April
 * Don't be fooled by the GDP figures – Britain needs to change course - The UK needs massive structural reforms in the way companies are owned and managed, along with a revolution in innovation - 25th April
 * Burn our planet or face financial meltdown. Not much of a choice - Last week's collapse of a European carbon emissions scheme makes an agreed approach to climate change all the more urgent - 21st April
 * If Thatcher's revolution had truly saved us, why is Britain in such a mess today? - The claims made for Mrs Thatcher's transformative powers are grossly exaggerated - 14th April
 * Across Europe, political leaders have lost the trust of their people - The retreat of virtue has become a plague of our times. Greed is legitimate - 7th April
 * The chancellor is for turning after all. And, whisper it, he's switching to Keynes - 24th March
 * Westerners might not get the top jobs any more, but our values prevail - The west is no longer ascendant, but dynamism elsewhere in the world is spurred by what created our success - 17th March
 * Alan Sugar's attitude to apprenticeships is all too typical in Britain - Lord Sugar's lack of respect for a once valued role is reflected in far too many businesses - 10th March
 * Without affordable new homes, how do we build a better Britain? - The government's unwillingness to embark on a housebuilding programme will exarcerbate Britain's economic woes - 24th February
 * The meat scandal shows all that is rotten about our free marketeers - This is a crisis not only for environment secretary, Owen Paterson, but for the whole Conservative party - 17th February
 * What I learned from my week with Japan's power-brokers - The new Bank of England governor should heed Japan's efforts in trying to emerge from its lost decade - 10th February
 * Does Britain's destiny lie at the heart of Europe? - With David Cameron's speech on Britain and its relationship with Europe reverberating throughout the continent, the Observer commentator and pro-European Will Hutton goes head to head with economist and Eurosceptic Ruth Lea on an issue that will define our country's place in the world - 27th January 2013
 * Davos man thrives while the rest of us pay for his excesses - 'Dynamism' is the World Economic Forum's watchword as the way out of the crisis and it is meaningless - 20th January
 * The beautiful game embodies everything that's bad about Britain - Unlike Germany's thriving Bundesliga, the Premier League is run for the super-rich, not fans - 13th January
 * Britain's intellectual powerhouses must not become the preserve of the wealthy - Without public support for postgraduate research, our universities – and the knowledge economy – will suffer - 6th January



Articles: 2012

 * Not too late to make Britain a good place in which to grow old - At this time of year as families gather, our thoughts turn to the nation's elderly and how to provide for them fairly - 30th December
 * Bank rate-fixing scandals reveal the rotten heart of capitalism - The magnitude of the banking scam must be realised and tough action taken - 23rd December
 * George Osborne's savage attack on benefits is an affront to British decency - George Osborne in his autumn statement displayed a total contempt for the welfare of the less well-off - 9th December
 * Britain's economy cannot be revived with George Osborne's phantom billions - The chancellor's vision of capitalism has failed. We need a new model to relieve consumers and business of fear and debt - 2nd December
 * Why I, as a journalist and ex-editor, believe it is time to regulate the press - The Leveson report is a much-needed opportunity for newspapers to abandon the excesses of the past - 25th November
 * Is this the start of a new coalition against the corporate scorpions? - A broader view of what is wrong with business in this country is emerging – triggered by business itself - 18th November
 * Thames Water – a private equity plaything that takes us for fools - When the water company was privatised we were promised a utopia of private sector efficiency - 11th November
 * Yes, teachers ought to inspire, but they can't work in isolation - It's the lack of opportunities, not teachers' expectations, which prevents disadvantaged children from escaping their background - 27th October
 * Britain's future lies in a culture of open and vigorous innovation - Risk is the key to recovery and we have the institutions to support it in our research-based universities, but they are cash-constrained - 14th October
 * This railway fiasco reveals all that's wrong with the Tories - If you hollow out the state, expensive disasters like the West Coast franchise will become routine - 7th October
 * We need a revolution in how our companies are owned and run - The second of this series on a new capitalism calls for a culture dedicated to long-term, ethical goals - 30th September 2012
 * The key pillars of our economy need reshaping, starting with finance - The first of a three-part series on a new model capitalism suggests the best ways to reform banking - 23rd September
 * In defence, as in finance, the truth is clear – our future lies in Europe - The Eurosceptics are just like the Tea Party, living in their own parallel universe and making up the facts to fit their story - 16th September
 * Olympics: the key to our success can rebuild Britain's economy - We need politicians who understand why we were so successful at the 2012 Games. Cameron and Osborne do not - 12th August
 * Pricing young people out of higher education would be a tragedy - Raising fees to a £9,000 maximum is a huge social experiment – is the drop in applicants a forerunner of worse to come? - 10th August
 * George Osborne is the worst of all the British chancellors I've known - George Osborne's tenure at the Treasury has been a disaster – now David Cameron must decide if he should sink with his friend or rescue his ailing government - 29th July
 * The American election is really a battle for the future of capitalism - Mitt Romney embodies a system dominated by financial engineering that uses companies as casino chips - 22nd July
 * Born poor? Bad luck, you have won last prize in the lottery of life - The rise of individualism and the celebration of the private over the public is undermining the strength of our social institutions - 15th July
 * Let's end this rotten culture that only rewards rogues - The Barclays rate-rigging scandal has once again exposed a world where men and women with little skill and no moral compass can become very rich very fast - 1st July
 * A catastrophe if global warming falls off the international agenda - The Rio earth summit ended with warm words but nothing to address the intense pressure on the planet - 24th June
 * Where are the new airports and railways we so desperately need? - We need big projects, but the government is too scared of upsetting its nimby backbenchers to take risk expensive investment in infrastructure - 17th June
 * Europe will thrive. But we could be doomed to a life on the fringes - There is a Little England-ism that would have us leave the EU fold. It would be a disaster - 10th June
 * facts are clear. This cruel austerity experiment has failed'' - While the human cost of economic stupidity is all too visible, the world's leaders are paralysed by their dogma - 3rd June
 * We have a duty to put our faith in science, not trample on it - Anti-GM campaigners would do well to remember that progress is dependent upon scientific research - 27th May
 * This crushing debt trap threatens to bring down the whole of Europe - The continent's electorates want a way out of austerity, but their will endangers the single currency - 13th May
 * Mervyn King didn't grasp the crisis then – and he doesn't now - Sir Mervyn cannot bring himself to declare that the Bank was party to the gigantic intellectual mistake that led to the crisis - 6th May
 * Osborne is intellectually broken and the real enemy of business - It was obvious to everybody that the recovery the chancellor predicted could not happen. And so it has proved - 29th April
 * George Osborne, the kamikaze chancellor - Osborne has such a primitive view of what makes capitalism tick. This double-dip slump is made in Britain - 26th April
 * Argentina's oil grab is timely retort to rampaging capitalism - Cristina Fernández's actions, however clumsy, are part of a worldwide reaction to exploitation by business and the rich - 22nd April
 * Beyond the scandal lies a crisis at the heart of China's legitimacy - A Chinese Spring is inevitable if the party leadership doesn't reform itself - 15th April
 * What's the story of the next decade? The rebirth of Japan - The country's urge to reset its business culture is a lesson to Britain in finding the way back to prosperity - 1st April
 * This disgraceful budget smacks of incompetence and cowardice - George Osborne's speech was littered with dissimulation and sometimes near-lies - 25th March
 * to be a better steward of our assets'' - Britain has allowed ownership to become too monolithic - 14th March
 * Enough quick fixes, Mr Osborne. Overhaul the tax system now - We have a system riddled with flaws and the chancellor should use this month's budget to transform it for the better - 11th March
 * Why we need to rethink our cities if Britain is to thrive - For the sake of the economy, Britain's big cities should be granted greater powers - 26th February
 * Companies must stop hoarding cash and start investing instead - David Cameron and George Osborne have still not developed a full-throated industrial policy that would encourage companies to spend money on investment and innovation - 19th February
 * Teachers, stop being so defensive. It's time to embrace the no-excuses culture - Instead of bridling about criticism, teachers should take on board Michael Wilshaw's plans for improving schools - 12th February
 * Why do we continue to isolate ourselves by only speaking English? - Britain's future economic and political wellbeing is being hamstrung by our reluctance to learn foreign languages - 5th February
 * Globalisation can work, but only with a unified international plan - We desperately needs economic and social institutions working across national borders - 29th January
 * Words won't change capitalism. So be daring and do something - Western governments must replace their redundant inflation targets with a target for the growth of the value of the goods and service they produce - 22nd January
 * Now is not the time to turn our backs on Enlightenment values - From Hungary to South Africa, the US to the UK, the right no longer embraces progress or tolerance, reason or democratic argument - 8th January



Articles: 2011

 * A chance for the UK to have banks fit for all seasons - Britian’s lenders, like St Augustine, are prepared to be good – but not yet - 20th December
 * It as an act of crass stupidity to be on the margins of Europe - Cameron has made a crucial misjudgment - 11th December
 * George Osborne has no idea how to rescue the economy – but then who has? - Anyone who believes the chancellor merely has to keep calm and carry on ignores the likely consequences - 4th December
 * For his next trick, Mr Osborne must offer us a bold new world - The government is showing a new readiness to cross an ideological Rubicon - 27th November
 * There is only one alternative to the euro's survival: catastrophe - Little Englanders – and blinkered Germans – need to wake up to the implications of a fractured eurozone - 13th November
 * Europe takes an inspiring leap but Britain has a lesson to learn - Europeans are engaging in something more bold and innovative but argument is not going to change England's hostility - 30th October
 * Plan B could have been even more aggressive, but it would definitely work - Without a state that has the capacity to stimulate enterprise, UK will be stuck with dysfunctional structures that led us into crisis - 30th October
 * Enough of Mervyn King and the economics of La La Land - The governor of the Bank of England seems to believe that Europe's sovereign debt and bank crisis was what threw Britain's recovery off track. He is wrong - 23rd October
 * It's time to prove you are also an iron chancellor, Mr Osborne - The chancellor must encourage demand and must stimulate banking lending - 9th October
 * Good capitalism does exist. And it's more crucial now than ever - Some may have sneered at Ed Miliband's key idea, but the Labour leader is right to challenge the old order - 2nd October
 * The quest for knowledge is good in itself and helps the country thrive - As the new principal of Hertford College, I passionately believe universities must cleave to Enlightment principles - 25th September
 * The ailing euro is part of a wider crisis. Our capitalist system is near meltdown - A 1930s-style crash threatens us and our financial partners. Collective action is the only solution - 18th September
 * The Vickers reforms will usher in a brave new world for banks - Proposals to ringfence retail banking from investment arms will give Britain a safer, more competitive banking system - 13th September
 * Growth is about so much more than just the top rate of tax - The notion that so-called 'wealth-generators' must be treated differently from the rest of us is nonsense that has gone on for too long - 11th September
 * We are on the verge of a new age of invention - The next ‘big thing’ won’t happen on its own. Entrepreneurs need more than just ideas - 8th September
 * Banking reform: ringfencing is the only solution - Despite protests from the business lobby, the government must stand its ground if we're to avoid a second bailout - 4th September
 * riots: Our wounded nation will not be healed by vengeful gestures'' - A peaceful protest outside one London police station evolved into successive wild nights of looting, violence and lawlessness across the country. Two of the Observer's leading commentators, Will Hutton and Henry Porter ask: where does England go from here? - 14th August
 * financial system has become a madhouse. We need radical change'' - As a new global crisis looms, and political paralysis worsens, genuinely bold solutions are required to overcome the malaise - 7th August
 * will implode if it doesn't change its authoritarian ways'' - A knowledge economy operating at the frontiers of technology is incompatible with a one-party state - 30th July
 * needs a plan Asian'' - After Britain's dismal growth figures, only a paradigm shift in the economy will do. But is George Osborne up to it? - 27th July
 * now, the European project remains a noble one. Let's join in'' - The survival of the euro marks a crucial moment in the rebirth of the continent - 24th July
 * hope is there for us if America is driven to the brink of meltdown?'' - If the US cannot service its public debts and defaults, the outcome will have catastrophic consequences - 17th July
 * democracy can't live with Murdoch's BSkyB bid'' - He made the bet of a lifetime on satellite TV. But his media ambitions and the national interest now violently collide - 13th July
 * bankers are still gambling while small businesses go to the wall'' - The government must take this chance to make the big financiers put their money behind our industry - 3rd July
 * spiteful, vindictive agenda is poisoning our national debate'' - There is an increasing urge to tar and feather whatever scapegoat at whatever cost - 26th June
 * needs a new financial deal and Britain must help build it'' - If we ignore Greece's crippling financial plight, we are inviting the same meltdown in our own system - 19th June
 * a little bit of fairness, state and capitalism can live together'' - The state and capitalism need to learn to trust each other. But there are obstacles to overcome, not least coalition misjudgments - 12th June
 * UK could be leading with a new economic approach, instead we follow'' - A consensus in favour of stimulus has disappeared – and Britain is leading the way in the wrong direction - 5th June
 * know what Labour's against. Now let us hear what it is for'' - Labour heads have to be knocked together and a new centre-left philosophy created - 29th May
 * we sold off the railways, we created today's shambles'' - Our trains are a scandal and only wholesale restructuring can save passengers from further misery - 22nd May
 * the European left dithers, the right marches menacingly on'' - Immigration: The longer the left's response is confused, the more the populist right begins to make xenophobia acceptable - 15th May
 * country needs an economic vision, but who will provide it?'' - Labour's lost its voice, the Lib Dems are denying their past and the Tories revel in living by Victorian orthodoxies - 8th May
 * be naive about the brutal desire driving the Tories' lust for power'' - The Conservatives are determined to win the referendum. And too many on the left unwisely agree with them - 1st May
 * British economy might be sclerotic, but at least we can still do a good royal wedding'' - The royal wedding was a classic episode of the world's longest-running soap - 1st May
 * United States faces a crisis not seen since the Depression'' - The poisonous atmosphere surrounding the role of the state and taxation allows no realistic budget bargaining - 24th April
 * again, a chance to rein in the bankers has been squandered'' - It seems we have learned nothing from the financial crisis and are willing to let the City carry on as it likes - 17th April
 * have forgotten the economic lessons our forebears taught us'' - The thinking that Keynes saw as destructive seems to be driving our government - 10th April
 * Osborne's stunted thinking will leave the economy stalled'' - We needed a programme of deficit reduction that offered hope rather than despair - 27th March
 * our leaders actually earn their money, fairness will follow'' - A new formula to make executive pay equitable is long overdue, especially in the private sector - 20th March
 * pay: my vision for the public sector'' - By being open about top salaries and conducting regular reviews the spotlight will then turn to the private sector - 15th March
 * pay must be earned by good results'' - Will Hutton says his report on public sector pay, out tomorrow, should help taxpayers get value for money - 14th March
 * there are some big salaries in the public sector. But that's not the problem'' - The author of a major report on bosses' pay says their lack of transparency merely fuels anger and suspicion - 13th March
 * such a feeble nation that Murdoch was bound to triumph'' - If Rupert Murdoch gets BSkyB, it will be a victory for monopoly capitalism - 27th February
 * as people get poorer, the buck stops with you, Mervyn King'' - The Bank of England governor is in the middle of two rows, one over his backing for the cuts and the other over not raising interest rates - 20th February
 * austerity plan is self-defeatingly harsh'' - The Irish Labour party is right to challenge the national appetite for the wrong medicine. Britain should watch the debate closely - 19th February
 * be blinded by the web. The world is actually stagnating'' - If we want to step up the pace of invention, there has to be a huge shift in the way we think - 12th February
 * are the leaders who will reform the world's economy?'' - The world financial system needs a radical overhaul – though last week's cosy Davos conference suggested otherwise - 30th January
 * ideas for a better Britain'' - Will Hutton, vice-chair of the Work Foundation, lists the things Labour will only challenge by rediscovering its radical edge - 23rd January
 * the bankers to heel must start right here, right now'' - Big Finance has to be brought under control or outrageous bonuses will still be paid and there will be another crisis - 16th January



Articles: 2010

 * chaos is indicative of a wider national malaise'' - We have the oddest and most regressive constitution for private ownership anywhere in western capitalism - 26th December
 * was wrong to strip Vince Cable of the BSkyB decision'' - Taking the Murdoch decision away from Vince Cable stopped this story in its tracks – but made it a poisoned chalice - 22nd December
 * fury over the Nobel showed weakness, not strength'' - China's propaganda campaign against the Nobel committee is symptomatic of its fears for the regime - 12th December
 * in the fat cat salaries or see public services suffer even more'' - The current market in top people's pay is creating an imbalance in society that makes life less fair for everyone - 5th December
 * fairer pay gap between top and bottom'' - Capitalism at its best is the best generator of wealth we know - 1st December (writing in the FT)
 * blame the euro for the ills besetting Ireland's economy'' - There are people here who say Ireland should get out of the single currency, that it was the cause of the country's financial fiasco. They are wrong - 21st November
 * was a student protester, but this generation faces a harder future'' - Last week's events in London reflect the growing unease at coalition policies - 14th November
 * coalition is taking a huge gamble with the economy'' - To get anywhere near its target requires nothing less than an export and investment boom - 24th October
 * will see these cuts as one of the great acts of political folly'' - As America and China square up, the chancellor is ignoring the bigger picture with his ill-advised spending review - 17th October
 * deserve a fair society, but it won't be created by a vendetta against the poor'' - David Cameron and George Osborne launched a fundamental reshaping of the welfare state in the name of fairness. What we really need is a spirit of enlightened generosity - 10th October
 * fees are going to rise. They have to be fair to the poor'' - It is critical that we decide soon how best to pay for further educatio - 3rd October
 * reform has got off to a good start. Now for some real action'' - Bank reform: This may, just may, be the moment that the one-sided relationship between the City and the rest of us is at last recast - 26th September
 * Miliband is the man best placed for leadership'' - Both the party and the country need a leader who will not jettison the political legitimacy won by Tony Blair - 19th September
 * Murdoch and the future of British media'' - As angry MPs agree witnesses should be called to account over the phone-hacking affair, Henry Porter and Will Hutton examine the wide influence of the media empire behind the scandal - 11th September
 * the Coulson affair tells us about Murdoch's lust for power'' - The Andy Coulson allegations have highlighted the shabby nature of media regulation in this country - 5th September
 * up for the BBC. It's the last bulwark against rule by the mob'' - Having a go at the corporation is a favourite pursuit of politicians. But we ignore its worth to the nation at our peril - 25th July
 * for a headteacher? Does that strike you as being fair?'' -The case of Mark Elms has given us the perfect opportunity to decide what someone's truly worth - 18th July
 * any fear for the future, boys have given up their ambition'' - Celebrity culture and the huge salaries in football or banking have undermined the motivation to study or work - 3rd July
 * politicians moralising on the sin of indebtedness'' - The G20 summit should be an occasion for economic sense. Don't hold your breath - 27th June
 * is no logic to the brutish cuts that George Osborne is proposing'' - The chancellor constantly cites Sweden and Canada as models, but at least they tried to energise their economies - 20th June
 * banks have refused to mend their ways. Beware the next crash'' - After the crisis there were cries of 'never again'. But the glacial pace of reform leaves us all in imminent danger - 13th June
 * Germany can't stop the collapse of European hopes, who can?'' - European governments have just a matter of months to find a way of making the euro a credible currency - 30th May
 * Cable's challenge will be to bring the chancellor to heel'' - Mr Osborne is the top dog on banking reform because his Treasury is so important, but Mr Cable still holds cards - 16th May
 * the niceties, Nick, shun the Tories and join with Labour'' - The Liberal Democrats have real power in their hands. They must use it ruthlessly to usher in a fairer Britain - 9th May (Cif at the polls)
 * Labour is wise, it will usher Nick Clegg into Downing Street'' - After a calamitous campaign, Gordon Brown must go. To maintain a grip on power, the party has only one option - 2nd May
 * grotesque and unfair voting system must change'' - Proportional representation won't cure all our political ills, but it would make for fairer elections and government - 25th April
 * country's renewal is being betrayed by cheap, paltry politics'' - The squabble over national insurance is a sideshow. We need to discuss how to overhaul Britain's financial heart - 11th April
 * capitalism is at a moral dead end. And the bosses are to blame'' - Capitalism will be continue to be demonised while our CEOs refuse to put their own corrupt house in order - 4th April
 * the US declares economic war on China, we should all tremble'' - China and Germany exploit the global system without accepting reciprocal responsibilities to manage it. It cannot go on - 28th March
 * 2010: The march to sanity begins'' - Alistair Darling's budget is the first serious effort to support innovation and investment since the war - 25th March
 * destroy our universities. Our future depends on them'' - With knowledge-intensive work growing ever more important, the government must rethink its stance on university cuts - 21st March
 * celebrate these billionaires, be horrified by their existence'' - It's just accepted that more billionaires of any hue is a sign of economic vitality. Wrong - 14th March
 * unique chance to hold Europe together must not be wasted'' - Charged with creating coherence between 27 countries, Baroness Ashton must stamp her authority over the individual countries who would undermine her role - 7th March
 * not capitalism, is the issue'' - Citizen ethics: To fix our economic system we must return to giving people rewards that are in proportion to the work they do - 26th February
 * thrive we need to distinguish between morality and economics'' - The current battle between the economists may seem to be about economics. It is not. It is about the morality of debt - 21st February
 * laugh at Europe's woes. The travails facing Greece are also ours'' - The struggle to stop Greece from becoming a failed state and to make the euro work is one for all Europe, including Britain - 14th February
 * Tories have the answers, but not the strength to deliver'' - David Cameron and George Osborne are creating a new Tory philosophy. Now all they have to do is revolutionise the party - 7th February
 * Johnson v Will Hutton'' - Is London's banking system a vital cog that keeps the capital running, or a timebomb in the British economy? Let the debate begin... - 24th January
 * the sell-off of great British companies'' - Will Hutton and Phillip Blond call for reform - 21st January (writing in the FT)
 * course class still matters – it influences everything that we do'' - The only way to create a fairer society is to start talking about it. The discussion starts here - 10th January
 * the doom-mongers, the UK economy isn't a basket case after all'' - After nearly two years of financial and economic mayhem, this will be a year of a steadily improving economy - 3rd January



Articles: 2009

 * plan was more radical than he got credit for. But it's not enough'' - It is quite an achievement to set out a painful plan to reduce Britain's budget deficit by £100bn and still be accused of timidity, dithering and buck-passing - 13th December
 * tax on the City is a bonus'' - The pre-budget report is a symbolic moment, signalling a shift in priorities on bankers – now it must be taken further - 10th December
 * is a great British company, so we should treasure it, not let it go'' - A venerable company will be broken up and its workforce cut. This illustrates how ownership in this country should be overhauled - 29th November
 * wisdom won't save the economy'' - The financial propositions raised in the Queen's speech aren't clever enough to work in these unconventional times - 19th November
 * great debate: Will Hutton vs George Osborne'' - Merely reducing Britain's trillion-pound debt mountain will not be enough to reinvigorate the economy: the tricky bit is stimulating growth at the same time. Observer columnist Will Hutton goes head to head with George Osborne, the shadow chancellor - 15th November
 * mobiles, wire-taps and Mr Bigs. Welcome to Wall Street'' - Imagine The Sopranos, The Wire and Gordon Gekko all rolled into one. You don't have to: the FBI has just broken one of the largest-ever insider dealing rings in Wall Street - 8th November
 * big. Still unbeautiful'' - The chance to break up UK banks has been funked – the City lobby made sure of that - 4th November
 * money-grubbing companies make the public sector look good'' - The simple equation that the private sector is good and the public sector bad has blighted our lives for decades - 1st November
 * King is right – the time has come to break up the megabanks'' - The only path to a sustainable recovery is to take on big finance - 25th October
 * payback time for our bailed-out bankers'' - Adair Turner has said it, Mervyn King has said it: the City needs root-and-branch reform. If only Alistair Darling would do it - 21st October
 * it finally time to end the bonus culture in the City?'' - with Heather McGregor - 18th October
 * David, if you roll back the state, you invite disaster'' - David Cameron is wrong to declare we need a more hands-off approach. That's what got us into this recession in the first place - 11th October
 * was Brighton's darling but Brown gave Labour a future'' - The prime minister's Brighton speech marked his return to social democracy and helped ensure that his party will bounce back after an election defeat - 4th October
 * now live in a society so cynical that cheating has become the norm'' - Humanity's natural instinct for fairness has been undermined by a society and a government unwilling to punish the cheats - 27th September
 * it comes to life, love and true happiness, Sarkozy is leading the way'' - The French president's plan to rethink the way we judge economic and social performance is to be applauded - 20th September
 * the national debt can wait. First we must invest, invest, invest'' - worrying about the budget deficit is a sure way to economic collapse - 13th September
 * G20 has saved us, but it's failing to rein in those who caused the crisis'' - The stranglehold of a new financial oligarchy upon public policy has hardly been touched. Unless there is change, a second and more serious crisis potentially awaits - 6th September
 * still not too late for you to cut the City down to size, Mr Brown'' - Lord Turner, chair of the Financial Services Authority, has called on the prime minister and the chancellor to introduce a tax on international transactions to curb the City's excesses - 30th August
 * let the defeatists and cynics talk down Britain's need for speed'' - Our lack of high-speed railways is humiliating. In this key capability, Britain is a banana republic - 2nd August
 * last, Brown is getting it right. His tragedy is that no one can see it'' - Recently, the subterranean balance of the deep argument has begun to swing back to Brown - 26th July
 * laboratories and colleges ought to define Britain, not our greed'' - Instead of pleading for hedge funds Johnson should argue for more resources for our universities - 12th July
 * Lord help them be tough on the City – but not yet'' - Proposals on financial reform point in the right direction, but it will all be in vain unless pursued with courage and vision - 9th July
 * the man who argues Britain should stop worrying about its debt'' - Tough talk about deficit reduction must wait until calmer times - 5th July
 * western supremacy but a blip as China rises to the global summit?'' - The country's trajectory and the change in its people's values and aspirations are cause for heated debate. Two experts go head to head - 23rd June (with Martin Jacques), See also: China: summary
 * the boss asks you to take a pay cut, demand a share in the company'' - The best British companies are doing all they can to secure jobs with fair wage cuts - 21st June
 * the Conservatives who are now promising real reform in the City'' - Reforming the City of London takes both political courage and intellectual conviction - 14th June
 * we change the system, prime ministers will always act like king'' - the plenipotentiary powers of the prime minister quickly turn Number 10 into a court - 7th June
 * lessons we should learn from the wreckage of the British car industry'' - My generation's opportunity to reform the way Britain does capitalism and democracy has been squandered - 31st May
 * might be a better place without the contemptuous, indifferent British'' - This year's elections for the European Parliament are even more low profile than 2004's - 24th May
 * awesome warning'' - Japan's brutal economic decline has been brought about by circumstances very similar to those now emerging in Britain - 21st May
 * the second chamber'' - A new politics: The Lords is the Commons' poor relation. That must end with the creation of an effective, representative revising chamber - 20th May
 * not be fooled by green shoots in the City – our pain will continue'' - We need a mindset more like the 1930s – trying to develop our economy, encouraging innovation and insisting our banks serve business - 10th May
 * may not be fair, but that's still no excuse for an unjust society'' - The Labour party and wider society are suffering the consequences of failing to build a consensus over what is fair - 3rd May
 * no longer a world power, so let's be a better, fairer nation'' - Over the next decade, Britain will become a middle-ranking European country as its economic and political pretensions evaporate - 26th April
 * Darling - the red ink chancellor'' - Alistair Darling did well in a very tight spot. To obsess about reducing the deficit would backfire - 23rd April
 * give bankers £1.3 trillion and do they thank you? Do they hell'' - The business model of banks is not just a matter for banks, it is a matter of the keenest public interest - 19th April
 * environment is too important to be left to the green movement'' - The green movement as it stands should receive the last rites. It is time to move on - 12th April
 * trillion dollar question: will banks now join the rest of us in the real world?'' - The G20 meeting administered the death rites to the injustices of top-heavy, Anglo-Saxon financial capitalism - 5th April
 * easy to sneer, but this G20 summit will make a difference'' - The protesters have it right - global finance needs to be tamed. Fortunately we're about to hear some innovative proposals - 29th March
 * no further than inequality for the source of all our ills'' - What happens in the City is linked by a golden thread to the grim case load of an overstretched social worker - 15th March
 * money is the right way to get us out of this mess'' - What is needed is some trigger to make people think that, after all, the world will not end - 8th March
 * time to tell America some home truths, Prime Minister'' - At home, Mr Brown is getting his economic policies at home right. Now he must persuade others, especially the US, they can work for all - 1st March 2009
 * has picked the wrong hero for our times'' - In order to save the global economy, the President has to stop trying to satisfy everybody. He should follow the example of Roosevelt and leave Lincoln behind - 15th February
 * tax avoidance lies an ideology that has had its day. We must end it'' - Neoconservatism has collapsed. The need for the state should now be evident to all - and that includes big companies - 14th February (The Guardian)
 * can replicate the beauty that came from the Depression'' - There is work to be done and a growing army of Britons who need to do it for their self-worth and living standards - 8th February
 * love of labour'' - Many employers are fighting to conserve jobs, and too little is being done to help them - 27th January (The Guardian)
 * it's bad, but at long last the government is getting it right'' - Powerful steps have been taken to revive the economy. Now Gordon Brown must ensure the City loses its power to harm us - 25th January
 * we are decisive Britain faces bankruptcy'' - Our financial institutions are fighting for their lives and the Treasury may not be able to bail them out. The government needs to get serious to avert meltdown - 18th January



Articles: 2008

 * need a moral vision as well as money to rebuild Britain'' - After a year of meltdown and missed opportunities, we will require wisdom, imagination and a new ethic if we are to recover - 28th December 2008
 * has run out of road. The car's future lies in Europe'' - Last-ditch bids by US motor companies is more than an appeal for a bail-out: it is American capitalism and society at a crossroads - 7th December 2008
 * late calling to account'' - British banking is being forced to accommodate its users, in both lending and supporting business - The Guardian, 2nd December 2008
 * the visionaries who can ease the pain of recession'' - The government should listen to the advice of Robert Shiller and James Crosby - 30th November 2008
 * imaginative – and it might just work'' - Not since Nigel Lawson cut the top rate of tax to 40% in 1988 has the Commons seen such a risk-taking performance - The Guardian, 25th November 2008
 * Mr Darling must introduce morality into the City'' - We need to reinvent the British banking system - 23rd November 2008
 * fallacy of the fix'' - Reform just won't cut it. We need nothing less than an overhaul of the way we do capitalism - 19th November 2008
 * might be politically toxic - but we must join the euro now'' - 16th November 2008
 * Marshall Plan'' - The way we are punishing irresponsible financiers is hurting us more than it is them. Time to cool down - The Guardian, 14th November 2008
 * week, our leaders have a chance to make the world anew'' - More than 60 years ago in New Hampshire, the world's economies were recast. Now, as they lie in ruin, Gordon Brown must inspire those meeting for Bretton Woods II - 9th November 2008
 * we need a 1% cut'' - The Bank of England's interest rate setters must deliver - and stop the economy falling off a cliff - The Guardian, 5th November 2008
 * the real Keynes stand up, not this sad caricature?'' - The great economist is back in fashion, but it will be a disaster if his brilliant theories are now misapplied - 2nd November 2008
 * expect China to get the West out of this mess'' - 26th October 2008
 * these irrational gamblers now - before the recession turns into something worse'' - In order to make banks less dependent on the shadow financial system, governments must insure and guarantee debt - 26th October 2008
 * clears to reveal the monster of rising unemployment'' - 19th October 2008
 * nightmare continues - on a high street near you'' - The chinks in the rescue armour are appearing as fear migrates from prospects of meltdown to general economic anxiety - 16th October 2008
 * won't fix this fiasco'' - The brute reality is that we are only at the end of the start of a solution to a broken business model - 14th October 2008
 * real leadership, we face disaster'' - A lethal new threat is emerging at the dark heart of the financial system. We must have a unified global response or an already perilous position will become a calamity - 12th October 2008
 * and Darling have bitten the bullet - and set the world an example'' - The Guardian, 9th October 2008
 * crucial moves'' - Had I been at last night's crunch No 10 meeting, I'd have made the case for these urgent steps - The Guardian, 8th October 2008
 * Britain needs its own plan, and it may hinge on joining the euro'' - The rot has deepened to the sound of twiddling thumbs. A lopsided UK economy could be left relying on European help - The Guardian, 1st October 2008
 * watched the economy for 30 years. Now I'm truly scared'' - There is no chance for trust in the financial sector until the return of fairness - 28th September 2008
 * US took action in the face of crisis. We must do the same'' - While America shows imagination and guts, Britain's paltry response to coming depression has done no more than buy time - 21st September 2008
 * is the time to seize power from the markets'' - The financial crisis presents grave dangers for the world - but a huge opportunity for the politically bold - 14th September 2008
 * ownership may be fun, but beware the penalties'' - the Manchester City takeover, Blue Heaven - 7th September 2008
 * Don't make the consumer pay for these inflated fuel prices - The government needs to address the way the entire energy market - and welfare system - is organised - 3rd August 2008
 * A week that taught me home truths about the housing crisis - In today's housing market, you don't argue with a potential buyer - 27th July 2008
 * Our economy's crumbling. We need to spend our way out - Brown's and New Labour's greatest asset - their reputation for economic competence - is taking a beating - 20th July 2008
 * Rebel bishops threaten the very heart of our liberal traditions - Anglicanism is a liberal tradition central to the very conception of Englishness, but it finds itself under mounting threat - 6th July 2008
 * Liberty is our common inheritance - This isn't a question of left or right. We should fight together in defence of our freedoms - guardian.co.uk - 3rd July 2008
 * As we suffer, City speculators are moving in for the kill - As the credit crunch deepens and prices spiral upwards the antics of the hedge fund managers are making our lives even worse - 29th June 2008
 * If we rely on free markets, we are looking disaster in the face - 22nd June 2008
 * Managing expectations, not the economy - Alistair Darling talks tough on wages and inflation – but fails to impress by his laissez-faire approach to the current crisis - 19th June 2008
 * Europe must not be derailed by lies and disinformation - 15th June 2008
 * West versus the rest - Robert Kagan might be a neocon who was demonstrably wrong about Iraq, but he has some challenging ideas about a post-United Nations world - 8th June 2008
 * What I told the Pope about how to shape the new capitalism - Decent wages, dignity at work, no profit without morals - when it comes to reforming the unstable market economy, the Catholic church is leading where New Labour fears to tread - 1st June 2008
 * Beijing's quick response to disaster won't cover cracks of corruption - 18th May 2008
 * Forget the naysayers - America remains an inspiration to us all - 11th May 2008
 * Feeble government lets the superclass soar over the rest of us - 4th May 2008
 * Try as he might, the wind is set against George Osborne - 27th April 2008
 * This is no bankers' bet - UK financial institutions have to acknowledge that responsibilities come with state funds - 22nd April 2008
 * Smell the coffee - Chummy breakfasts with bankers show little urgency in the face of a financial tsunami - The Guardian - 16th April 2008
 * Government fiddles while the price of houses burns - After years of reckless lending by banks, only radical financial action can avert a full-blown recession - 13th April 2008
 * Let's get over our silly fears of public ownership - 6th April 2008
 * Terminal 5, another British cock-up that had to happen - Britain does fiascos well and by any measure, the opening of BA's £4.3bn Terminal 5 was a corker - 30th March 2008
 * If the City won't put its house in order, politicians must - 23rd March 2008
 * A deluded Wall Street threatens the world economy - Britain is much more vulnerable than even the Americans to the impact of falling house prices and contracting credit - 16th March 2008
 * Channel 4 must turn a crisis into a drama - As another great show arrives here, the malaise affecting British TV has never been more stark - 9th March 2008
 * Chastened, but still alive - All the major British banks have managed higher absolute profits and increased their dividends - but that doesn't mean we don't have a problem - guardian.co.- 3rd March 2008
 * You can tell a great university by the companies it keeps - Universities are pivotal to the economy and set to become more so. To forgo making money from research is to ignore that truth - 2nd March 2008
 * Let's demolish some of these myths about the City - Britain can choose to tax the worldwide income of its non-domiciled rich - 17th February 2008
 * This is Gordon Brown's mistake - The chancellor is taking the heat for a U-turn on tax-avoidance by non-doms: but it is the prime minister who should have resisted City bullying - guardian.co.uk - 13th February 2008
 * Why too much care for your child can harm society - 3rd February 2008
 * This reckless greed of the few harms the future of the many - The government must act firmly to control an industry that destabilises all our lives with its naked pursuit of huge profits - 27th January 2008
 * Come on, Mr Brown, stand up to the Chinese - 20th January 2008



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