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How the IMF found a new role
- Alex Brummer
- 17 April 2008
- 1 comment
The International Monetary Fund had few friends and not enough to do. But its prediction of the credit-based crisis finally has people listening
Heads I win, tails you lose
- Alex Brummer
- 03 April 2008
The credit crunch was due to an orgy of reckless lending by the world's banks. But for the people who brought us this mess, it's still bonuses all round
Why the Tesco tax story rankles
- Alex Brummer
- 06 March 2008
- 2 comments
The supermarket group's alleged behaviour has provoked outrage, but hundreds of other British companies are doing exactly the same thing
Home-grown problems
- Alex Brummer
- 07 February 2008
- 1 comment
The IMF suggests governments facing more difficult economic times should increase spending. But Britain is a unique case
The people pay the price
- Alex Brummer
- 24 January 2008
- 5 comments
Combine the foolishness of American banks with the hesitancy of British ministers, and you produce a dangerous mix drawing the UK into a slump
Why leaders love Davos
- Alex Brummer
- 17 January 2008
- 1 comment
From high political office to banking is a well-worn route for Tory grandees. Now Labour is in on the act and Tony Blair will not be the last
Is the Rock Virgin territory?
- Alex Brummer
- 06 December 2007
- 2 comments
Branson is a shrewd businessman and there are advantages to his acquiring Northern Rock. But the process has to be transparent
Going nowhere fast
- Alex Brummer
- 22 November 2007
- 3 comments
Not only has the government presided over the biggest financial bailout in Britain's history, it has sought to minimise its importance
No one can yet say how bad it is
- Alex Brummer
- 08 November 2007
- 5 comments
The most worrying aspect of all this is how little the politicians and regulators knew of what was going on in the world of the major banks
Discs, downloads and democracy
- Alex Brummer
- 25 October 2007
Saying that no one pays for music anymore ignores that 95% of it is in the hands of the big four record companies
