Europe's budget plans are better designed: countries from France to Greece are raising retirement ages; others, from Britain to Germany, have created new organisations and rules to encourage fiscal probity. But Europe risks overkill. — Zanny Minton Beddoes Copy Share Image
Governments need to lay out a credible path to reducing their deficits in the medium term, but without excessively enfeebling an already weak recovery. That means raising retirement ages and overhauling pensions; putting in place the budget rules and institutions… — 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
