Wirtschaft

Aug 18th 2011 By Bagehot WITH my usual efficiency, I have just learned that it is voting time for the annual Total Politics Blog Awards, covering British political blog sites.…

Aug 16th 2011 By Bagehot THERE have been some sweeping historical claims made in the wake of last week’s unrest, with commentators of left and right decrying an unprecedented collapse…

By Bagehot RETURNING to Britain at the weekend from holidays in France, Bagehot had a sobering drive from Dover up into London, past boarded-up shops and restaurants and van after…

Jul 25th 2011 By Bagehot THIS week’s print column looks at the puzzle of better press regulation, and offers a tentative solution. It will be my last column until mid-August,…

Jul 21st 2011 By Bagehot GEORGE Osborne, the chancellor of the exchequer, has given a very important interview to the Financial Times this morning. In essence, Mr Osborne has confirmed…

Jul 19th 2011 By Bagehot „THIS is the most humble day of my life,“ Rupert Murdoch told members of the House of Commons, after the media, culture and sports select…

By Bagehot LISTENING to this morning’s Today programme on BBC Radio 4, Bagehot’s first, unworthy thought was: blimey, it’s Statler and Waldorf from the Muppet Show. Instead, the men shouting…

Jul 19th 2011 By Bagehot AUSTERITY Britain? Or a cunning Keynesian stimulus plan, imposed by stealth? If you will forgive the brief diversion from phone-hacking and other grisly matters of…

Jul 18th 2011 By Bagehot THE old rules still apply in the unprecedented scandal shaking the British press, police and political establishment, starting with the dictum: in public life, it…

By Bagehot AFTER the first fortnight or so, constant gloom and indignation loses its charm. My print column this week argues that, in fact, there are reasons to be optimistic…