The FT reports: The Swiss government met for a third unscheduled session in short succession on Monday as ministers grappled with curbing the surging Swiss franc.
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Riots and routs
It was a horrid day yesterday. Few can have watched the scenes in London without a sense of horror, disgust and fear. I lived in
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We did nothing – and the world is falling apart
Ha-Joon Chang has an excellent article in the Guardian cataloguing the failure to address fundamental systemic failures in the architecture of the world’s financial systems since 2009 that have led us to
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Why stock markets can never deliver pensions for all
If you want an explanation for why I think it irrational to base our pension hopes on stock market investment then this is it: Credit:
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The demand for inflation grows
From Kenneth Rogoff in the FT this morning: If direct approaches to debt reduction are ruled out by political obstacles, there is still the option of
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There is something the government can do for devastated businesses this morning – they can say ‘we pay’
This morning there will be thousands of business owners, large and small, facing the devastation of their premises. None of these people deserved the trauma
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Surely we can now see the importance of justice being delivered in the community? Can’t we?
It was a year ago, almost to the day, that the Guardian reported: The Ministry of Justice is to make a £2bn cut in its
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