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    Gavin Jackson reported on economics for the FT. He has previously written for The Economist and worked as a researcher for the OECD.

    He authored the weekly Comparative Advantage briefing on the UK economy.

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    • Wednesday, 9 February, 2022
      Global Economy
      What we learn about money from Sumerian cattle farming

      Today’s interest rate outlook depends on centuries old economic principles

    • Wednesday, 6 October, 2021
      Economics books
      The Future of Money by Eswar Prasad — balances of power

      This assessment of the way cryptocurrencies will change the financial system argues that the state will always remain in control

    • Wednesday, 18 August, 2021
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      Mine! — degrees of possession

      This enjoyable work of ‘pop law’ has a radical re-examination of property rights at its heart

    • Sunday, 8 August, 2021
      Global Economy
      A consumption boom is nothing to fear

      Though it is seen as the good kind of spending, investment does not always have the best return

    • Sunday, 13 June, 2021
      Coronavirus
      Johnson to delay lockdown easing for England on Monday

      Prime minister likely to say postponement could be kept to 2 weeks if data improves

    • Thursday, 13 August, 2020
      FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
      SME woes, UK GDP drop, Sumner Redstone

      Smaller US companies suffered a profits wipeout in Q2 amid the Covid-19 crisis

    • Sunday, 9 August, 2020
      UK employment
      One in three British employers plan job cuts in third quarter, survey finds

      Latest CIPD study comes as government’s coronavirus furlough scheme winds down

    • Monday, 6 July, 2020
      ReviewBooks
      The Deficit Myth, by Stephanie Kelton

      A leading light of modern monetary theory illuminates the debate

    • Thursday, 9 April, 2020
      ReviewEconomics books
      Slowdown and Fully Grown — why slower growth may be no bad thing

      Books by Danny Dorling and Dietrich Vollrath on the upside of economic slowdown in rich nations

    • Tuesday, 4 February, 2020
      Currencies
      What the other side of the coin tells us about local economies

      An exhibition on the Notgeld shows how money is a reflection of cultures and values

    • Monday, 9 December, 2019
      Special ReportFT Health: Regenerative Medicine
      Bioelectronics: science fiction becomes science fact

      ‘Neural laces’ linking the brain to computers offer new scope for treatments

    • Friday, 11 October, 2019
      FT Magazine
      Operation oyster: the project to restore Britain’s native stocks

      Beloved of Pliny the Elder, then decimated by overfishing and pollution. But Mersea in Essex is determined to reverse the fortunes of native oysters

    • Monday, 5 August, 2019
      ReviewBooks
      Licence to be Bad: How Economics Corrupted Us, by Jonathan Aldred

      Examining the flaws of the neoliberal model

    • Friday, 26 July, 2019
      Language and grammar
      Welsh can save the monoglot Brits — and the United Kingdom

      Learning the language would show the English are taking seriously the reality of the multinational state

    • Sunday, 21 July, 2019
      UK banks
      Londoners take to cashless payments as north-south gap emerges

      Reduced use of hard currency raises fears that remote areas will be left without banks

    • Monday, 10 June, 2019
      Eurozone economy
      Brexit uncertainty drives investment boost for other EU countries 

      Cross-border data show 30% fall in capital entering UK since referendum

    • Sunday, 12 May, 2019
      UK employment
      Cohort of 2009 workers scarred by financial crisis a decade later

      Past decade is worst for wage growth since the 19th century, labour market report finds

    • Sunday, 12 May, 2019
      Private wealth
      Hinduja brothers top Sunday Times’ rich list

      Ineos chief Jim Ratcliffe knocked off top slot by £22bn rivals

    • Friday, 10 May, 2019
      FT Magazine
      Chore wars: why do women still do more housework?

      My fiancée and I tracked the time we spent on chores. Here’s what we learnt

    • Sunday, 5 May, 2019
      Comparative Advantage
      The Bank of England’s guessing game

      Your weekly briefing on the UK economy

    • Sunday, 28 April, 2019
      Comparative Advantage
      Will austerity soon be at an end?

      Your weekly briefing on the UK economy

    • Wednesday, 24 April, 2019
      UK business & economy
      UK public borrowing drops to lowest level in 17 years

      Rapid growth in tax receipts reduces budget deficit to £24bn, down from £41bn

    • Monday, 22 April, 2019
      ReviewBooks
      People, Power and Profits, by Joseph Stiglitz

      A progressive agenda for how to save capitalism from itself

    • Thursday, 18 April, 2019
      UK retail sales
      Shoppers unfazed by Brexit as UK retail sales jump

      Revenues climb 1.1% in March to beat expectations but credit card defaults surge

    • Wednesday, 17 April, 2019
      UK inflation
      UK inflation undershoots expectations as it stays at 1.9%

      Decline in the cost of food and video games offsets rise in fuel and clothing

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