Banks hate Rishi Sunak’s U-turn on net zero
City financiers may not be tree-huggers, but uncertainty and risk are expensive.
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Dumb Money is a monument to American greed
Craig Gillespie’s tale of the GameStop “short squeeze” shows how little amateur investors have learned.
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“The biggest Ponzi of all time”: why Ben McKenzie became a crypto critic
In a new book the actor describes how celebrities have used cryptocurrencies and NFTs to monetise their fans.
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The establishment has conquered the City
Nigel Farage and his wideboy colleagues face banishment.
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The Bank of England has lots more pain to inflict
Inflation is rising less fast than expected – but that may not be much help.
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The algorithms quietly stoking inflation
The prices of most goods are not set by humans, but by automatic processes set to maximise their owners’ gains.
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The truth about Nigel Farage’s bank accounts
What’s behind the apparently sinister de-banking of the Reform UK president – and why is the Prime Minister involved?
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Too big to blame: the great Libor cover-up
Andy Verity’s Rigged reveals how a few City bankers became scapegoats for a national rates-rigging scandal.
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The scourge of greedflation
A fifth of the UK is going hungry. Yet this is a crisis the political class seems unable to grasp.
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Interest rates are fuelling a great banking rip-off
As the Bank of England tries to fight inflation, commercial banks are enjoying bumper profits.
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How the UK gave up on policing fraud
Fraud is now endemic, accounting for 40 per cent of crime, but only a tiny minority of cases are ever…
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Why Rishi Sunak’s “Unicorn Kingdom” is a fantasy
If the PM wants an economy built on high-growth start-ups, it’ll take more than a fun name.
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Why Britcoin isn’t the answer to a banking crisis
We should be wary of suggestions that centralise the risk in depositing and lending money.
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Inside the Silicon Valley Bank UK crisis
The collapse of SVB UK would have been an “extinction-level event” for his business, one entrepreneur says.
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Silicon Valley Bank unmasks the hypocrisy of libertarian tech bros
They push for small government – until their companies are under threat.
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Who killed Silicon Valley Bank?
A $200bn institution was brought low by a bad bet, social media and central banks.
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Britcoin is a weird and dangerous idea
The government seems not to fully understand the implications of a “digital pound”.
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Who sets our interest rates – the Bank of England or the US Federal Reserve?
The UK is raising rates in line with America, but our economy seems headed in a different direction.
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Christopher Harborne: the silent donor behind Brexit and Boris Johnson
The Thai-based businessman has given Johnson’s office £1m – the biggest donation ever to an MP. What does he hope…
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Is Elon Musk too rich to fail?
Twitter is $13bn in debt and losing revenue, but for the world's richest man even failure can have an upside.
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