The Guardian reported last night that: HSBC will not face formal action from the City regulator following revelations that the Swiss arm of Britain’s biggest
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Prof Steve Keen of Kingston University drew my attention to an article by Nobel Laureate Prof Jospeh Stiglitz in which he writes about the current
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The Guardian business page at 9.40pm tonight: I said 2016 would not be fun. Some predictions don’t take long to come true.

Call for papers for a Research Workshop on CORRUPTION AND THE ROLE OF TAX HAVENS City University London, 28th / 29th April 2016 In May
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I have already noted that the prospects for the UK in 2016 are poor. So what would I do, given the chance? The required strategy
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It’s the first morning back at work. What has 2016 to offer? A bumpy ride, at best. UK stock markets were down 5% last year.
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Will Hutton has an article in the Observer under the title: When will banks learn that dodgy tax practices actually cost them dear? It’s OK
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John Harris has written his most balanced article for the Guardian for some time,  asking: When are Labour party ‘moderates’ going to do more than
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This blog enjoyed record traffic last year ( as has, in fact, been the case every previous year): My thanks to all who spent time
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