In her newstatesman.com blog, Green Party leader Caroline Lucas says it's time to make finance the servant of the economy and gives her vision for coping with the meltdown
After the bursting of the credit bubble in August, 2007 Alastair Darling repeatedly assured us that Britain’s ‘economic fundamentals’ are sound. The implication was that the ‘real’ economy was quite distinct from the bubble economy inhabited by bankers, short-sellers and hedge fund managers. Consumers were given the impression that a firewall existed between them and the bursting credit bubble.
It now turns out that there is no firewall; even the ... read more
gnuneo. mansions can be over run easy, we are many they are few..
From mark, 11 November 12:13
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From gnuneo, 28 January 16:52
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Can the UK achieve it’s commitment to carbon reduction targets by 2020?
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