Edward Hadas
Edward Hadas is Economics Editor at Reuters Breakingviews. He joined Breakingviews in both 2004 and 2011, with a year in between at the Financial Times as Assistant Editor of the Lex column. Before becoming a journalist, he worked for 23 years as an equity analyst in Europe and the US. He has written a book, Human Good, Economic Evils: A Moral Approach to the Dismal Science (ISI Books, 2007), and a course-book about political philosophy for the Maryvale Institute in Birmingham. Edward has degrees from Columbia University, Wadham College, Oxford and the State University of New York at Binghamton. He has a website, edwardhadas.com.
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Recent stories
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Ethical economy: Bad ideas spawn Lesser Depression
When Lehman failed, there were good reasons to think the pain would be brief and concentrated. Almost four years on, the rich world has not fully recovered. Policymakers are following flawed expert advice. A rethink on both unemployment and debt is urgently needed.
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Germany gives lesson in "free lunch" economics
Strong technology and labour reforms keep making Germany richer - a quarterly 0.5 percent GDP increase is the latest sign. The rest of the world also gains from strong German exports. But trade surpluses bring credit losses and political spats, especially in the euro zone.
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Ethical economy: What price beauty?
The $120 mln sale of Munch’s “The Scream” shows the elite art market is effectively serving one social function: giving the rich symbols of affluence. The market for mass art also works well, by some standards. But industrial production has not served the pursuit of the beautiful.
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Debt-tax hybrid could be Europe's least-bad option
- "Scream" now a symbol of easy money and easy life
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Dissident solution bodes well for China and U.S.
- Ethical economy: What companies are good for
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Fracking shale could cause global geo-tremors
- Ethical economy: Prosperity need not kill religion
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Pro-growth polices won't come out of thin air
