The American economist Paul Samuelson said of J M Keynes's General Theory : "When finally mastered, its analysis is found to be ob...

I've commented frequently this year on the reception given to Tomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century as a political p...

The rumour of backbench discontent with Ed Miliband confirms that the general election campaign is underway, however it also tells us someth...

One of the results of the Scottish independence referendum has been an increase in support for lowering the voting age to 16 among centre a...

It's been an interesting few weeks in the world of state surveillance, with Laura Poitras's film on Edward Snowden, Citizenfour , co...