Tej Parikh

Rachel Reeves can break the UK’s fiscal ‘doom loop’ by backing business and workers

Erik Brynjolfsson, Stanford academic and author, asks whether mimicking humans is the right goal of technology

For all the focus on harms, the US president has generated benefits at home and abroad

Industrial policy has delivered impressive technological gains without productivity growth

Big shifts, mixed signals and uncertainty are shattering macro consensus

The ability of interest rates to guide prices and the economy is diminishing

New trade deals, high-tech services and potential reforms would outweigh the US president’s duties

A compelling study of the role of the state and free markets throughout history is a timely warning on industrial policy today

For vast segments of the American economy it certainly feels that way

Crisis firefighting has given way to a dependence on government and central banks

Investments in non-physical assets demystify the US stock market’s performance

Information overload may be contributing to the S&P 500’s resilience

A gripping chronicle of the west’s interest in emerging markets; a reminder of the importance of human capital; a degrowth polemic; and a debunking of Trump’s economic agenda

Jobs, consumers and stock values are at an ominous inflection point

The government must make painful spending cuts and broad-based tax rises

Donald Trump’s policy agenda does not address Republican economic realities

The party’s growth strategy has been found wanting after a year in power

Trump’s plans for foreign-born workers will sap the American economy

Dubious pledges and uncertainty cast a shadow over the president’s manufacturing boom

The obstacles to higher growth in Britain are well known