http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/alex_brummer en http://images.newstatesman.com/users/avatars/alex-brummer.jpg http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/alex_brummer http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/09/turner-city-brown-fsa-pensions http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/09/turner-city-brown-fsa-pensions Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:56:52 GMT Alex Brummer The chairman of the troubled Financial Services Authority, Adair Turner, is courting political controversy as he takes on the City.

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/08/bankers-financial-banks http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/08/bankers-financial-banks Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:11:13 GMT Alex Brummer As governments dither over financial reforms, the bankers who caused the credit crunch are stashing away new fortunes

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/07/crisis-king-bank-governor http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/07/crisis-king-bank-governor Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:37:36 GMT Alex Brummer Throughout the credit crunch, the governor of the Bank of England has been a trenchant critic of and direct challenge to the government, pushing his independence to the limit. So who is he? What does he want? And will he emerge as the real hero of the crisis?

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/05/world-state-government-france http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/05/world-state-government-france Thu, 21 May 2009 11:37:48 GMT Alex Brummer With France’s dirigiste economic approach being hailed as a model for the world, state intervention is fashionable once more

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/04/barclays-bank-varley-insurance http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/04/barclays-bank-varley-insurance Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:45:44 GMT Alex Brummer Barclays first defied the Treasury by refusing to take its money. Now it won’t join the Chancellor’s insurance plan. But why not?

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/04/budget-tax-darling-public http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/04/budget-tax-darling-public Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:15:33 GMT Alex Brummer With falling tax revenues and soaring public spending, the outlook for this year’s Budget is bleak

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2009/02/financial-crisis-rock-bank http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2009/02/financial-crisis-rock-bank Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:29:07 GMT Alex Brummer Observations on the financial crisis

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/01/government-banks-bankers http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2009/01/government-banks-bankers Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:58:05 GMT Alex Brummer The increasingly close relationship between banks and government pleases no one. But neither side can break free until toxic loans are flushed out of the system and the big institutions can start lending again.

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/business/2008/12/high-street-woolworths http://www.newstatesman.com/business/2008/12/high-street-woolworths Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:39:35 GMT Alex Brummer Woolworths has gone, many other famous stores will disappear, but a new age of shopping will emerge from the wreckage

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2008/10/world-bank-imf-fund-iceland http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2008/10/world-bank-imf-fund-iceland Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:17:15 GMT Alex Brummer The tough remedies of the IMF won it few friends and, in recent years, countries have found more obliging lenders. But now "the bank of last resort" is back - with its austerity packages.

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