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The UK is going about reclaiming city streets the wrong way

Freiburg, in south-west Germany, is about the same size as my home city of Oxford. It has a few beautiful old buildings — the Münster is breathtaking — but little to compare with Oxford’s dreaming spires, particularly after the centre of Freiburg was heav

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The Return of Big Government

This series examines how advanced economies are shifting back to using fiscal policy to drive interventions

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China’s renminbi hits 16-year low after exports tumble in August

Beijing under pressure for more economic support as manufacturing sector struggles to pick up

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The inconvenient truth about productivity

I didn’t ask to become a personal productivity guru, but somehow my colleagues keep volunteering me for the role — most recently for Isabel Berwick’s Working It podcast, in the recording of which I blushed and generally felt like an imposter. This is part

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