The FT reports this morning that there is a significant backlash against the US’s new round of quantitative easing. As they note: The Fed’s initiative,
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George Osborne had a rough time at the Treasury Select Committee yesterday. As the Guardian notes: The chancellor, George Osborne, came under fire today from
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The News Corp bid for BSkyB has been referred to OfCom. Thank heavens. Why under the economics banner? This is about defeating monopoly abuse. Amongst
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I noted yesterday, the US is to start a second round of quantitative easing  and there is a chance that the UK will follow suit.
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The Fed has gone for quantitative easing. As the FT notes: The Federal Reserve, in one of its most important decision in decades, said it
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The Mirror reports: Coalition cuts could throw 1.6 million people out of work – almost double previous forecasts. The public sector will lose 725,000 jobs
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Norfolk County Council has announced its cuts to try to meet government demands for cuts: Proposed cuts in council services include: £6m a year on
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So we supposedly have growth. But as Stephanie Flanders noted for the BBC: Beneath that headline average, the strongest sectors have been construction, distribution, hotels
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I am fascinated by the recent attack on my work and that of John Christensen and the Tax Justice Network by Cayman Finance. It is
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