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Will Straw Articles

The Third Wave of Globalisation

The ongoing elections in the US and France have exposed an electorally popular strand of protectionism in both countries. In the US, the Republican hopeful Mitt Romney has made hawkish noises about China's currency while Arnaud Montebourg came an unexpected third in...

Plan G for growth

The ‘growth strategy’ in George Osborne’s budget amounted to little more than Thatcherite cuts to corporation tax and regulation which are unlikely to work, writes Will Straw

Going for growth

George Osborne‘s budget this month should include new ideas on how to achieve growth and thereby close the deficit

Social democracy in crisis

Across the pond, the Obama programme may not be delivering what look at first like social democratic goals. But the American centre-left is quite different to its European cousin.

The Third Wave of Globalisation

Jan 26, 2012 | Section: Web exclusive

The ongoing elections in the US and France have exposed an electorally popular strand of protectionism in both...

Plan G for growth

Mar 31, 2011 | Articles, Section: Progress Magazine

Standing at the dispatch box on 23 March, George Osborne presented his budget as ‘reforming the nation's...

Going for growth

Mar 21, 2011 | Articles, Section: Progress Magazine

After raising Gladstone's red box on March 23, George Osborne will claim that he has delivered a budget for jobs and...

Obama’s path to greatness: socialism in one country?

Jun 19, 2009 | Obama's 100 days

For the last two years I have lived, studied, and worked in the United States. I arrived in the country two years ago...

As Obama settles down to his presidency, Will Straw takes a break from politics and discovers a different side of Washington

May 13, 2009 | Obama's 100 days

Washington, D.C. is the home to ambitious politicos, world class museums, and since 1995 La Barra Brava (“the...

One-term wonder?

Apr 29, 2009 | Articles, Section: Article

A series of recent articles have prematurely called time on Barack Obama’s presidency. Bartle Bull, in...

American Nationwide Tax Day Tea Party

Apr 15, 2009 | Obama's 100 days

15 April has been proclaimed the American Nationwide Tax Day Tea Party. The date coincides with country’s tax...

Labour must cut through false choices and be realistic about reform

Mar 26, 2009 | Obama's 100 days

Barack Obama has been fond of cutting through false choices, whether between national security and “our...

Weathering the storm

Mar 6, 2009 | Obama's 100 days

Politicians are fond of nautical metaphors to help explain the troubled economic times in which we live so it was...

Politics as usual in Washington

Feb 11, 2009 | Obama's 100 days

President Obama is just days away from signing the world’s largest ever peace-time stimulus plan. But his dream...

The wait is over

Jan 20, 2009 | Obama's 100 days

709 days after Barack Obama announced his candidacy for President of the United States of America, he will finally...

What to expect from Obama’s inaugural address on 20 January

Dec 18, 2008 | Obama's 100 days

There is no equivalent in British politics to the American inaugural address. New prime ministers returning from...

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