Economy 2008

A Green New Deal?
By Caroline Lucas - 07 October 11:32

In her newstatesman.com blog, Green Party leader Caroline Lucas says it's time to make finance the s

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The luck of the Aussies
By Mark Beeson - 06 October 17:08

Even as the world seems caught in a financial meltdown, has Australia managed to escape? Mark Beeson

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US & East Asia: 'financial terror'
By Mark Beeson - 03 October 12:46

Mark Beeson looks at the precarious state of the US-East Asia relationship in the face of the curren

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The pay packet crunch
By Robert Reich - 02 October 10:48

Robert Reich, labour secretary in Clinton's administration and world-renowned economist, explains wh

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Cameron's Achilles' heel
By Alex Brummer - 25 September 11:22

Can the Conservatives handle the economy? The current opposition front bench is the least financiall

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Gordon's path to redemption
By Roy Hattersley - 25 September 11:22

To seize the moment, Gordon Brown has to change course; not a U-turn or swerve to the left, but a pr

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The great crash of 2008
By James Buchan - 25 September 11:22

The world's financial institutions are gripped by fear, yet policymakers can do nothing. They are ig

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Markets should not rule us
By Nick Dearden - 24 September 12:22

Bailing out the banks without progress on the world's problems such as poverty and climate change is

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Stamp Duty holiday – what’s the point?
By Jonathan Davis - 05 September 15:41

What’s the point of the chancellor's initiatives? To show they’re doing something but they're being

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How to survive the recession
By Iain Macwhirter - 21 August 10:28

The days of easy loans are over and people are having to live within their means. But it is not all

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