Economics
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In recent months there has been a significant tightening of welfare rules, leading to more people being sanctioned and losing their benefits
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Robert Shiller: The necessity for approximation is much stronger in economics than other sciences, especially given that its models describe people rather than particles
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After record unemployment figures, the European Central Bank president faces calls for action, but change is off agenda
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Council of Mortgage Lenders' Nigel Terrington describes the housing subsidy as a short-term fix and says there needs to be a clear exit strategy
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Bitcoin price hits all-time high of $269
6 Nov 2013: The price of the digital currency has broken the record set in April 2013, despite the Silk Road bust and fears over security. By Alex Hern. -
Eurozone crisis 3hr 9min ago
Greece hit by another anti-austerity general strike - as it happened
6 Nov 2013: Anti-austerity protests in Athens today to mark the return of the Troika -
General election 2015 7hr 27min ago
Attlee and Thatcher transformed Britain. Ed Miliband is next in line
6 Nov 2013: Ken Livingstone: Miliband has set the political agenda – the cost of living crisis is now the terrain on which the 2015 general election will be fought -
Economics 7hr 45min ago
The economy is growing but industry is further weakened – sound familiar?
6 Nov 2013: Larry Elliott: The axing of 1,800 BAE jobs is a dreadful blow to those communities – but not representative of manufacturing as a whole -
Manufacturing data 7hr 58min ago
British manufacturing output beats expectations with 1.2% rise
6 Nov 2013: September increase reverses drop in previous month and boosts hopes of manufacturing revival -
Living wage 1 day ago
Ed Miliband's living wage is as naive as his energy price freeze
5 Nov 2013: Simon Jenkins: This Heath-like market intervention would create bureaucratic chaos – the only jobs to benefit would be those in the civil service -
Economic growth (GDP) 1 day ago
George Osborne warns coalition to resist pressure to lower living costs
5 Nov 2013: Chancellor says ad hoc market interventions to slow price rises should not detract from need for economic growth -
Europe 1 day ago
Greek protesters rally against IMF and EU inspection
5 Nov 2013: Anti-austerity demonstrators jeer, heckle and throw coins at auditors from bailout troika amid fears of more public sector cuts
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