Patrick Hosking
Articles by Patrick Hosking
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Business
The business - Patrick Hosking on the business view of war
- 17 February 2003
The business world will be happy with war, and just as happy with peace. What it can't stand is all this messing about. It wants Bush to press the button now
Business
The business - Patrick Hosking warns us against high income
- 10 February 2003
You've heard of pensions mis-selling, endowment mis-selling, and Equitable Life. Stand by for a new scandal: the high-income bonds that "guaranteed" up to 20 per cent a year
Business
The business - Patrick Hosking finds that men are living too long
- 03 February 2003
It is not just the falling stock market that is ruining the life and pensions industry: it is the refusal of men born since 1926 to die as early as the actuaries predicted
The business - Patrick Hosking finds a fatal flaw in capitalism
- 27 January 2003
There is a big problem with capitalism: until we all take an intelligent interest in our pension funds and life policies, directors will run companies for their own benefit
Business
The business - Patrick Hosking enjoys the supermarket drama
- 20 January 2003
There's no evidence so far that supermarkets have used their growing monopoly powers to rip off consumers. But with Safeway about to be taken over, the tipping point is close
Business
The business - Patrick Hosking predicts a stinker of a recession
- 13 January 2003
Sooner or later, you, the mighty British consumer, will trigger a stinker of a recession. All you have to do is divert to your piggy bank 2p or 3p in every pound you spend
Business
The business - Patrick Hosking would like a firefighter's pension
- 09 December 2002
The firefighters were right to call off their strike. When the public finds out how much their pensions are worth, particularly after a 40 per cent pay rise, support for them will collapse
Business
The business - Patrick Hosking thinks the bosses have a cheek
- 02 December 2002
How very cheeky of the employers to complain about the burden of Labour government taxes, when they pass most of the cost to their employees
Business
The Business - Patrick Hosking cheers the defeat of McDonald's
- 25 November 2002
The chief executive of Cable & Wireless fell for the guff, gobbledegook and hype of the dotcom boom. And so did his entire board of eminent directors
Business
The business - Patrick Hosking finds the Bank wrong on house prices
- 18 November 2002
The Bank of England seems incapable of understanding the boom in house prices. Worse, it isn't warning us that the ensuing economic growth will be perilously unbalanced
