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Economic modelling is vital to our understanding of the world - and even more vital to policymakers. Yet, says Alison McGovern, do they provide us with the certainty that we think they do? And is our focus on economic evidence in political discourse really representative of the bases on which policy decisions are actually made? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Capital in the Twenty-First Century[Piketty T ] is the most talked-about work of political economy to have appeared in recent years, if not decades. In this interview, Thomas Piketty discusses his acclaimed book and answers some of his critics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In a speech to members of the German Social Democratic party (SPD) in February 2014, philosopher and sociologist Jürgen Habermas outlined his vision for Europe, tackling the three major contemporary crises: German domination, European legitimacy and political union. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

After a decade in which public concern for climate change seems to have peaked and fallen away in the face of economic priorities and political populism, Matthew Lockwood asks how the environmental movement can build broad coalitions of support to tackle these vital issues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The left must move beyond defensive rearguard actions, argues Joe Guinan, and embrace strategies that are capable of delivering radically different social and economic outcomes - and this means going after capital. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Remarkably, the most serious financial crisis in living memory has had few political consequences. Diane Coyle argues that one of the reasons is a method of calculating GDP that overstates the value of the financial sector to the UK economy, helping to shield it from sensible reforms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An introduction is presented in which the editors discuss various reports within the issue on topics including political economy, depressions and financial crisis.