I keep hearing calls for Plan B for the UK – that there is a need for an alternative economic strategy. That is a strategy
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The King’s Speech
No I’m not talking that one – which is heading for the Oscars. I’m talking About the speech that Mervyn King made in Newcastle on
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The Republican solution to the US state funding crisis – welch on pensioners
As the FT notes this morning: Republican lawmakers are studying ways for states to go bankrupt, a move that could enable them to renegotiate their
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Clegg destroys Ricardian equivalence – but sticks by it all the same
The FT notes: Nick Clegg admits that the threat of deep public spending cuts has had a “chilling psychological effect” on Britain but will insist
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The misperception of power by bankers will be their undoing – just as it was for Sky Sports presenters
The FT reveals the complete hypocrisy of the UK’s banks a revealed in their submissions to the Banking Commission. As they note: Britain’s biggest banks
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Jersey – opening a debate on finance
The Jersey Evening Post has published the following article, and since it is an invitation to debate based on an interview I had with Andrew
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India joins the Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development
As part of a newly announced government plan to tackle corruption, crime, and illicit capital flight, the government of India has joined the Task Force
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Please support the campaign to put an end to legal loan-sharking
I’ve supported the campaign to put an end to legal loan sharking – where door step lenders give small cash loans at rates of interest
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Leopards (and Liechtenstein) don’t change their spots
From the Indian Business Standard: Liechtenstein has declined help in India’s quest to trace suspected black money stashed in the small but rich European country
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