With China looking to redefine the global economy through its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative, it is up to European governments to decide how they will maintain authority across their own continent

The US economy continues to display worrying signs of ossification as growth diminishes and wealth inequality worsens. President Trump’s tax reforms have only exacerbated matters

To re-establish its credibility following the financial crisis, mainstream economics needs to embrace a far less myopic approach to market analysis and be willing to employ a wider range of interdisciplinary methods

Once thought of as the ultimate economic danger, inflation is now generally recognised to be an acceptable, sometimes even necessary, ingredient in the recipe for growth. However, this laissez-faire attitude could end up distorting contemporary perceptions of economic success