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Economy
Going nowhere fast
- 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
Economy
No one can yet say how bad it is
- 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
Business
Discs, downloads and democracy
- 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
Business
Watch that squeeze ahead
- 04 October 2007
A significant tax rise will be required, to fund even the modest increases in government spending projected, if the public finances are not to go awry
Business
On cross-dressing chancellors
- 27 September 2007
- 1 comment
The Tories are "doing a Brown" - pledging to keep within Darling's spending controls rather than promising deep-seated change
Business
A failure of regulation
- 20 September 2007
- 3 comments
There is a bank crisis in Britain every decade - but in the case of Northern Rock, Gordon Brown's actions as chancellor are coming back to haunt him
Business
The fly-and-buy disaster
- 13 September 2007
The ghastly state of London's airports, particularly Heathrow, is having an impact on the economy. The answer is to get tough with BAA
Economy
The hard facts about pay
- 06 September 2007
Unfortunately, Gordon Brown has left himself little choice but to stand firm in the face of growing public sector discontent
Business
Hypocrisy at the highest level
- 30 August 2007
Untrammelled capitalism has been allowed to set its own rules for far too long - and by a Labour Chancellor, who promised to put "stability" first
Business
Yes, there's every reason to worry
- 23 August 2007
- 1 comment
By the standards of the second half of the 20th century, we are in the midst of a panic as serious as any which preceded it
