Economics
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The robot debate is over: the jobs are gone and they aren't coming back
Fourth industrial revolution The robot debate is over: the jobs are gone and they aren't coming back
New report shows automation is already causing losses, depressing wages and likely to have lasting, devastating effect -
Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere review – Paul Mason restages global protestsThe audience play their part in the Arab Spring and debate whether Occupy curbed capitalist power as the journalist interrogates a decade of revolt
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JP Morgan 'considering Dublin move' as Lloyd's of London picks Brussels - as it happenedAll the day’s economic and financial news, as City firms prepare to move jobs out of London after Brexit
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No, wealth isn’t created at the top. It is merely devoured thereBankers, pharmaceutical giants, Google, Facebook ... a new breed of rentiers are at the very top of the pyramid and they’re sucking the rest of us dry
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EC blocks London Stock Exchange's £22bn merger; pound slips back- as it happenedAttempt to create European trading powerhouse has been formally derailed by Brussels, which said it would create a monopoly
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Britain's new £1 suffers teething problems; US stock market ends losing run - as it happenedWe’ve road-tested the new 12-sided coin, and found that it doesn’t actually work everywhere yet...
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May's 'global Britain' gets boost as Qatar looks at £5bn investmentQatari investors are unperturbed by Britain’s departure from EU and looking to build on significant investments
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Parts of UK that voted for Brexit may be hardest hit, study findsResearchers say Wales and north-east are among areas most vulnerable to loss of funding, tariffs on exports and shortage of European workers
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Markets cautious after crucial US healthcare vote delayed - as it happenedTrump issued an ultimatum after the vote was postponed on his bill to replace Obamacare, raising fears about his ability to push through other growth-boosting reforms
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From smugglers to supermarkets: the 'informal economy' touches us allYou might not think that a smuggler in the Tunisian desert has much to do with your trip to the supermarket. You’re wrong
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'The Brexit vote is starting to have major negative consequences' – experts debate the dataTwo former members of the Bank of England’s interest rate-setting committee discuss the outlook for this year
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Brexit economy: UK faces squeeze on living standardsThe latest monthly Guardian analysis finds signs of a slowdown as prices rise and real pay shrinks
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Latrobe Valley paper plant sounds alarm over Indonesian dumpingMaryvale’s Australian Paper, the only copy paper manufacturer in the country, urges government to hold firm on tariffs to keep out subsidised imports
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UK retail sales surge as consumers shrug off Brexit fears - as it happenedRetail sales rose by a stronger-than-expected 1.4% in February as UK consumers took Brexit and rising inflation in their stride
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Brexit could damage UK's fight against corruption, says OECDBusiness pressure to weaken bribery laws and government’s inability to focus on non-Brexit issues are also concerns, says group
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UK retail sales shrug off Brexit fears with February riseRecovery after slump in December and January is not enough to reverse slide in three-month trend, says ONS
Industrial heartland is in no fit state to pump up UK exports