To the barricades, British defenders of open markets!

To the barricades, British defenders of open markets!

By Bagehot

MY new column looks at today’s seemingly distinct debates about British capitalism, executive pay, welfare caps, the squeezed middle and immigration, and concludes that behind them lies something bigger, simpler and more dangerous. Without properly acknowledging it, Britain is having a row about globalisation.

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