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Wednesday, 1 June, 2022

UK financial regulation
Why competitiveness should not become a goal for the FCA
A regulatory race to the bottom harms everyone except those who have something to keep from public scrutiny
Wednesday, 13 January, 2021

ReviewNon-Fiction
Mission Economy by Mariana Mazzucato — could moonshot thinking help fix the planet?
The economist looks to the Apollo programme for inspiration for the challenges confronting us on Earth
Friday, 28 August, 2020

Investment trusts
John Kay: a lifetime in investment trusts
The veteran economist sets out his compelling reasons for investing in the sector
Thursday, 6 August, 2020

ReviewEconomics books
Greed Is Dead — the problematic rise of the individual
Collier and Kay’s scathing account of economic self-interest warns of harm to communities
Monday, 16 March, 2020

ReviewBooks
Radical Uncertainty: Decision-Making Beyond the Numbers, by John Kay and Mervyn King
An eloquent rant against the faux-precision of mathematical models
Monday, 24 February, 2020

Impact investing
Companies must include environmental and social performance measures
Harvard Business School finds 56 companies already use impact-weighted accounts
Friday, 31 August, 2018

ObituaryWorld
James Mirrlees, economist, 1936-2018
Nobel Prize winner best known for analysis of properties of income tax schedules
Wednesday, 25 July, 2018

ReviewLife & Arts
Is there more to Adam Smith than free markets?
He championed laissez-faire economics but also recognised the need for strong social institutions
Friday, 6 July, 2018

Retail & Consumer industry
Britain’s retailers are too quick to blame business rates
Shopkeepers railing against the levy should look a bit closer to home
Friday, 1 June, 2018

Brexit
Scottish nationalists build their economic muscle to fight again for independence
SNP ditches its wishlist in favour of credible plans for life outside the UK
Monday, 12 March, 2018

FTfmProperty sector
Equity markets are thriving but are they relevant?
Capital withdrawn via takeovers and buybacks exceeds sums raised in rights issues and IPOs
Friday, 19 January, 2018

Investments
Risk, the retail investor and disastrous new rules
Legislation designed to improve transparency is bewildering, says John Kay
Monday, 15 January, 2018

FTfmFund management
I Kid you not, new European rules rely on a bent coin
An annual return of more than 30% over 5 years? Really?
Wednesday, 8 November, 2017

Life & Arts
How to solve the UK housing crisis
John Kay says tackling the issue requires building homes to rebalance supply and demand
Friday, 1 September, 2017

Tax
A lesson for Trump: the best tax reforms are the stealthiest
All politicians begin with the goal of a simpler system with lower rates
Wednesday, 26 July, 2017

FT AlphavilleDavid Keohane
Further reading
Friday, 30 June, 2017

FTfmFund management
Asset management lies between brain surgery and estate agency
Fund houses should differentiate themselves through philosophy and style, says John Kay
Friday, 19 May, 2017

Corporate culture
How British politicians fell out of love with the market
We are paying the price for failing to make a nuanced case for free enterprise
Thursday, 26 January, 2017

Personal Finance
How to get rich slowly — FT Money readers meet John Kay
Mimic the portfolios of some of the world’s biggest investors
Friday, 20 January, 2017

European companies
Justice has settled for second best in the Rolls-Royce scandal
In too many cases, executives pay out to avoid personal liability
Friday, 2 December, 2016

Leonora Walters
What funds to pick for a £10,000 investment portfolio
DIY investors have many potential tools to consider
Friday, 2 December, 2016

Investment research
How to be your own investment manager
Build your own portfolio with as little as £10,000
Friday, 11 November, 2016

US presidential election
Donald Trump’s victory is our post-crisis political reckoning
The post-cold war settlement sowed the seeds of its own demise
Friday, 28 October, 2016

Heathrow expansion
Britain’s sorry history of big infrastructure policies
Plans for airport expansion and high-speed rail show farce of decision-making process
Friday, 9 September, 2016

European companies
The twisted logic of negative interest rates
There are simply not enough notes to go around to substitute for holdings of debt, writes John Kay