This is a blog post for Fundweb. Having written a whole book on the cultural aversion to prosperity it is intensely frustrating to watch the supposed great debate about economic growth. Of course it is easy for authors to over-estimate their influence. But here are what I regard as 10 of the key confusions in [...]

This is my latest column for Fund Strategy The way it is being presented there is a great economic battle brewing in the heart of Europe. A pro-growth camp led by François Hollande, the new socialist French president, is fighting back against the pro-austerity hawks led by Germany’s conservative Angela Merkel. This picture is misleading [...]