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The fat cats are back

  • 06 August 2009
  • 6 comments

As governments dither over financial reforms, the bankers who caused the credit crunch are stashing away new fortunes

An inevitable crisis

  • 18 December 2008
  • 4 comments

Viewed from a distance, the events of 2008 will be seen as a particularly dramatic example of the age-old cycle of famine and feast. James Buchan reflects on a financial crisis of unprecedented size and complexity

Better banking?

  • 11 December 2008
  • 3 comments

We are entitled to ask for decisions to be made in the public interest which means a better banking system could be forged

Young, gifted and jobless: a generation in the red

  • 27 November 2008
  • 10 comments

The under-35s are the most vulnerable

Labour must take on the bankers

  • 18 September 2008
  • 7 comments

In the worst catastrophe since the late 1920s, Brown and Darling have shown themselves to be cowardly compared to the Americans

Wanted: substance and coherence

  • 04 September 2008

The trick for Brown and Darling would be to deliver an old-fashioned autumn statement to lift consumer spirits and boost political confidence

How to survive the recession

  • 21 August 2008
  • 28 comments

The days of easy loans are over and people are having to live within their means. But it is not all bad news. Iain Macwhirter on the lessons for the government, and what you can do

Many happy returns, credit crunch

  • 07 August 2008
  • 2 comments

Only about half of the £250bn of toxic debt at the heart of the crunch has been fully recognised. That means many more months of misery

It's not all doom and gloom

  • 24 July 2008

How refreshing to see the boss of a major corporation demonstrate that he is willing to swim against the tide

We're not yet running on empty

  • 10 July 2008
  • 6 comments

The upward movement in the price of oil has far more to do with speculation than with a shortage of supply

Green heroes

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20 green heroes and villains: Villains

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Film review

A Serious Man

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