en-uk Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:37:29 GMT Copyright 2007 Times Newspapers Ltd. custserv@timesonline.co.uk http://www.timesonline.co.uk Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:22:50 GMT Newspapers 144 21 http://www.timesonline.co.uk http://images.thetimes.co.uk/TGD/picture/0,,116979,00.gif Anatole Kaletsky Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:01:00 GMT 2010-02-03T07:34:03Z The most important statements are often those that are left unsaid. Among the millions of words spoken at last week’s World Economic Forum in Davos, the comment that nobody quite dared to utter was clear. After the crisis of 2007-09, the global capitalist system is in a period of transition, comparable to the great transitions of the 1930s and 1970s. Anatole Kaletsky: Economic view Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:01:00 GMT 2010-02-01T08:48:59Z The good news about the mood at this year’s gathering of the good and the great at Davos is that there was no mood. Like a patient recuperating after a massive heart attack, Davos was under doctor’s orders to avoid any overexcitement and doing its best to comply. Anatole Kaletsky Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:01:00 GMT 2010-01-27T08:00:23Z News that Britain is finally out of recession was greeted with hollow laughter by the media, the City and the public — and with good reason. But before immersing ourselves entirely in gloom, let me mention another recent news item that should, paradoxically, be treated as rather consoling. Anatole Kaletsky: Economic view Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:01:00 GMT 2010-01-24T09:52:14Z The electoral debacle suffered last week by the Democratic Party in Massachusetts will have many economic consequences. The obvious range from disintegration of President Obama’s health plan to the attack on banks by the White House, presumably designed to flush out Republican opponents of financial regulation and expose them as allies of Wall Street. The monetary and fiscal implications of this political upheaval could be equally significant. Anatole Kaletsky Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:01:00 GMT 2010-01-20T08:13:04Z Why can the Left never win? Around the world, the election of Barack Obama inspired the hope of a new era of progressive politics, coming as it did after the spectacular failures of extreme conservatism under George W. Bush. But on Tuesday night, only one year after his inauguration, these hopes were suddenly destroyed.