Some links to recent articles with an economic theme. Hopefully they’ll help you get through Christmukkah:

• Inside the world’s most annoying economic crisis
• The future of cities: why Glasgow and Edinburgh should consider a joint future
• A world enslaved: how slavery thrives in the modern global economy
• How opium can save Afghanistan
• Edward Hugh’s impressive economic analyses of Europe’s prospects in the next few months. Essential reading for those interested in the new EU-25/27 entrant states. My woeful understanding of macroeconomics doesn’t allow me to evaluate these fully, but they do seem thorough.