The impact of a minimum wage depends on how high it is to average wages. If you have too high a minimum wage, it will hurt job creation, and you will have negative job effects. — Zanny Minton Beddoes Copy Share Image
The problem with one single minimum wage is that you don't allow for younger people, who are less skilled and maybe more easily pushed out of the job market, or that the minimum wage should vary for different regions. — Zanny Minton Beddoes Copy Share Image
Many European countries and Japan need to free their labour markets and liberalise services to boost productivity growth. — Zanny Minton Beddoes Copy Share Image
German predominance is not all-encompassing. In foreign affairs and military matters, for instance, France and Britain still play a much bigger role. But across… — Zanny Minton Beddoes Copy Share Image
I can't wait for the day when it is no longer newsworthy that a woman is appointed editor of a newspaper. — Zanny Minton Beddoes Copy Share Image
I think Britain's economy has done extremely well from having the influx of talented people from around the world and from having an influx… — Zanny Minton Beddoes Copy Share Image
I care about waking up to the true issues of the 21st century: inequality, diversity, and the impact of tech. — Zanny Minton Beddoes Copy Share Image
Classic English liberalism of the sort that 'The Economist' was founded to champion and still espouses is about open societies and free markets. — Zanny Minton Beddoes Copy Share Image
France's economy is stagnant, statist, and uncompetitive and urgently needs reform. — Zanny Minton Beddoes Copy Share Image
The impact of a minimum wage depends on how high it is to average wages. If you have too high a minimum wage, it… — Zanny Minton Beddoes Copy Share Image
Regional currencies will prove the best route to reconciling the economic imperatives of increasing international capital mobility with the political realities of the nation-state. — Zanny Minton Beddoes Copy Share Image
America should do more to fix the still-festering housing crisis and overhaul its training schemes so that high joblessness does not become entrenched. Hunkering… — Zanny Minton Beddoes Copy Share Image
Free-trade enthusiasts fret that regional trade arrangements divert more trade than they create. — Zanny Minton Beddoes Copy Share Image
