Politics: Business

Seeking salvation

Through the sins of arrogance and greed, the banks nearly destroyed the world economic system, argues Stephen Green, chairman of HSBC and an ordained priest. What the market needs now is more morals

The bankers cannot believe their luck

The disgrace of the political class has been the salvation of the bankers. And lax regulation has left taxpayers vulnerable to the irresponsible excesses of the greedy money men. This is what must now be done...

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Banking is too important to be left to greedy and reckless bankers

It is sickening to see our wretched bankers dusting themselves down with taxpayers' money. Labour has to act.

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The gold standard

Observations on recession successes

Parties set out business case at New Statesman Euro Elections event

Candidates debate issues including the Euro and David Cameron's plan to leave the European People's Party.

Romancing the stone

Observations on South Africa

Labour's critical mess

The leader of the Communications Worker Union, Billy Hayes, explains why he believes privatising Royal Mail makes no sense and would be a disaster for Labour

'We must build our house upon a rock'

Barack Obama has used his first 100 days in office to remake the culture of US politics. But his critics are asking, “Is the president too socialist and too willing to appease America’s enemies ?” Even Warren Buffett, one of his great supporters, has scorned his wisdom of taxing the rich

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How to mend a broken Britain

Neither of the major parties has a credible plan for limiting the damage caused by borrow-spend-and-tax economics. So what is to be done?

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"We were so keen to believe that Web 2.0 would make the world fairer that we rejected all evidence to the contrary"

Chris Anderson, who popularised the phrase “the long tail”, claims to know how the internet will rewrite the rules of business. Exciting as they sound, the Wired editor’s theories have no sticking power and the backlash against him has begun

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