Tuesday, 25 February 2014

A Bumpy Landing For China?

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I have just finished watching Robert Peston's excellent programme on China, entitled How China Fooled The World . It explains that Chin...
Tuesday, 18 February 2014

Its About Downton Abbey, Stupid!

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During the last few days I have heard Downton Abbey mentioned twice in relation to current levels of inequality in contemporary society. Th...
Monday, 10 February 2014

Do CEOs Deserve Their Ever Increasing Pay?

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We frequently hear how much more the pay of top executives is rising relative to that of their employees such that income inequality is gro...
Monday, 3 February 2014

The Enduring Myth Of Labour's Financial Mismanagement

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Last week I heard yet another member of the Coalition government saying that they were sorting out the financial mess left to them by the l...
Friday, 31 January 2014

Is It Time For Another Windfall Tax?

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Just over a week ago, the FT reported that corporations across the world were sitting on record amounts of cash. By the end of 2012, the ...
Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Now Even George Osborne Is A Friend Of The Minimum Wage

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Few can doubt that Labour's Cost Of Living Crisis Campaign is making headway following George Osborne's volte-face on the Minimum W...
Monday, 13 January 2014

Cut Welfare By Building More Council Houses

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It must be fair to say that the Coalition Government's Welfare Reform policy has encountered some difficulties over the last few months...