Andreas Whittam Smith: The jobless are our own fault, not anyone else's
2011-11-17 00:00:01.0
A high proportion of businesses say that job-seekers lack basic literacy and numeracy
Andreas Whittam Smith: It's not just the borders agency that is unfit for purpose
2011-11-11 00:00:01.0
Our politicians don't lack brainpower or ability. But what they do lack are knowledge and training
Andreas Whittam Smith: Capitalism does not have to be this greedy
2011-11-03 00:00:01.0
The two important control mechanisms are active shareholders and perceptive regulators
Andreas Whittam Smith: Bankers are to blame for this mess. And they still don't get it
2011-10-27 00:00:01.0
They are no more likely to agree to reform than the Mafia. Waste no time asking them to. Just do it
Andreas Whittam Smith: Western nations are now ripe for revolution
2011-10-20 00:00:01.0
If there is going to be a revolutionary outburst, you do not get much warning. Writing of the European revolutions of 1848, for instance, one historian recently noted: "At the beginning of 1848 no one believed that revolution was imminent." Now the reason I have gone back to accounts of 1848 is because this date has kept popping into my head as protests against contemporary capitalism have spread round the world.
Andreas Whittam Smith: Death by drone is swift and efficient – it's also murder
2011-10-06 00:00:01.0
We need to start worrying about drone proliferation. More than 40 countries now have the technology. It’s not as if you can flee from drones
Andreas Whittam Smith: Failed by the very people who are there to protect us
2011-09-29 00:00:01.0
One disobliging story of police failings follows another... Yvette Cooper has done a good thing in setting up an independent review of the force
Andreas Whittam Smith: What's cheap, cheers you up – and could be killing you?
2011-09-23 00:00:01.0
Trans fats have disappeared from the New York restaurant table. This is the sort of action food manufacturers are going to have to learn to live with
Andreas Whittam Smith: Germany has shifted and default is now inevitable
2011-09-15 00:00:01.0
Its agreement with Greece to restructure its economy so that it could grow and repay its debts - thus preserving the euro - has frayed to breaking point
Andreas Whittam Smith: Our legacy of 9/11 was a dictatorial and dysfunctional government
2011-09-10 00:00:01.0
The reason why half the Cabinet didn’t know it was at war was that the Iraq engagement was being run exclusively by Downing Street
Andreas Whittam Smith: A compelling truth revealed in the pages of a French thriller
2011-07-28 00:00:01.0
In this contemporary French thriller, <i>Dans L’Ombre</i>, the intimate workings of politics are explained much better than by conventional analysis
Andreas Whittam Smith: Murdoch's unique way of doing business won't change
2011-07-21 00:00:01.0
The 'don't ask, don't tell' culture permeates his operations. When things get tougher, the Murdoch technique is to try denial, or throw the police off the scent
Andreas Whittam Smith: As contagion spreads, we must not take our eyes off Greece
2011-07-14 00:00:01.0
The amount owing must be written down to a level that the borrower could deal with, if given enough time. The creditor is part of the solution as well as the debtor
Andreas Whittam Smith: Bullies and cowards who have killed a newspaper – for nothing
2011-07-09 00:00:01.0
I believe that Rebekah Brooks, James Murdoch and even Rupert Murdoch himself will find themselves in court
Andreas Whittam Smith: If we don't act now, worse will follow
2011-07-07 00:00:01.0
There are similarities with the Italian mafia. Unchecked, News International's illegal practices would grow
