In the FT this morning: From Mr Tony Greenham and others. Sir, Reports of attempts to spike the UK Independent Commission on Banking (Push for
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How a big US bank laundered billions from Mexico’s murderous drug gangs
This wasn’t meant to happen in the last decade. Money laundering regulation was meant to have stopped the handling of drug cash in the USA.
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Willetts’ pricing fiasco – nasty social engineering for the benefit of the 1%
The Guardian reports: The universities minister,David Willetts, has refused to withdraw his claim that most universities will charge more than £6,000 a year only in
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Tax the Super Rich now or face a revolution
No, I didn’t write that. Paul B Farrell of Dow Jones did. And he means it. He really means that if the 1% in the
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The best economics book I’ve read for some time
I’ve read most of the ‘popular’ economics books that have come out of late. And maybe a few more besides. But the best economics book
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The EU piles the pressure on the International Accounting Standards Board for country-by-country reporting
Michel Barnier, the EU Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services was in London on Friday. He met Vince Cable. I gather Vince confirmed the
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The true price of Mother’s Day
Schumacher: not in sympathy with this government
Last weekend there was a pile of drivel published saying how Fitz Schumacher was a guru for David Cameron. I’m glad to see Andrews Simms
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In at #1
Wikio has just published its ranking of economic blogs in the UK for March 2011. It’s as follows: 1 Tax Research UK 2 Tim Worstall
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