Edward Chancellor

We are on a path to “net zero” carbon emissions, says Edward Chancellor, but fossil fuels will be with us for some time yet.

A focus on maximising returns has made economies too fragile, says Edward Chancellor.

Beijing’s sudden attack on the online-education sector is a wake-up call for global investors, says Edward Chancellor

Covid-19 has proved extremely expensive. It’s time to consider fresh sources of government revenue, says Edward Chancellor

Central banks have manipulated the price of money for years and turned markets upside down, says Edward Chancellor.

The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating the shift towards protectionism and self-sufficiency, says Edward Chancellor.

Our response to the coronavirus pandemic resembles the inverse of a speculative mania, says Edward Chancellor.

Cryptocurrency speculators claim that bitcoin and its peers will mean the end of state-controlled money. That’s economically and politically impossibl…

On the surface, Carillion looked healthy, but the ugly truth is that the construction firm was little more than a zombie, says Edward Chancellor.

Bitcoin is a classic bubble and it’s about to pop, says financial historian Edward Chancellor.

After the 1987 crash, many expected the worst, says Edward Chancellor. Investors would be wise to be on their guard in case it happens again.

Trump’s assault on vested interests won him the White House. Now we must see if he will grab the opportunity to really make America great again, says …

When the US Treasury considered zero-coupon perpetual bonds years ago, it was greeted as a joke. Not now, says Edward Chancellor.

If central bankers push interest rates any lower, they risk undermining the social order upon which the capitalist system rests, says Ed Chancellor.

Mass immigration has led to populism across Europe. The best way to tackle that, says Ed Chancellor, is to address the festering problem of inequality…

The market turmoil unleashed by the EU vote could help to put the economy on a sounder footing, says Edward Chancellor.

The ideals of the Enlightenment support Britain leaving the European Union, says Edward Chancellor. Not the other way around.

Voting to leave the EU is not an act of petty nationalism, says Edward Chancellor, it is firmly in the tradition of one of the Enlightenment’s greates…

It might appear that a shortage of new houses to blame for Britain's high house prices. But that's not the real reason, says Edward Chancellor.

Today’s workers count the pensions they are promised as part of their wealth. Edward Chancellor explains why that's optimistic to say the least.

Three hundred years ago, France embarked on a scheme to boost economic growth and lower interest rates with printed money. Sound familiar?

The gold price has fallen and miners have gone to the wall. But that spells opportunity for nimbler prospectors, says Edward Chancellor.