9 November 2017 The beginning of the end Politics is impinging on central bank independence. by Frank O’Nomics “So Mr Powell, you have had no formal training as an economist and have had less than 5 years experience working within a central bank. Well, that all seems in order – how would you like the… Continue reading Issue 128:2017 11 09:The beginning of the end (Frank O’Nomics)
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Issue 127:2017 11 02:Greed and the City(J.R.Thomas)
2 November 2011 Greed and the City A crisis in popularity. by J.R. Thomas The leaders of Britain’s major banks are proudly standing together and speaking with one voice. What is it this time, the weary person in the street may say (they would be on the Clapham omnibus but six have just gone past… Continue reading Issue 127:2017 11 02:Greed and the City(J.R.Thomas)
Issue 97: 2017 03 23: Week In Brief UK
23 March 2017 Week In Brief: UK NEWS Westminster TERRORIST ATTACK: Four people, including a police officer, are dead and about another 20 injured after a car drove into people on Westminster Bridge and an officer was attacked with a knife. The police are treating it as an act of terrorism. Proceedings in the Scottish… Continue reading Issue 97: 2017 03 23: Week In Brief UK
Issue 30: 2015 11 26: Bonkers Bankers
26 November 2015 Bonkers Bankers by M J Horast If bankers were a racial minority, a religious grouping or of unusual sexual determination, the Chartered Banker Institute (bankers, not understanding the proper use of the apostrophe, seem to have simply abandoned the expected ‘s) would be protesting in the strongest possible terms about the portrayal… Continue reading Issue 30: 2015 11 26: Bonkers Bankers
Issue 27: 2015 11 05: The Light At The Top Of The Tree
05 November 2015 The Light At The Top Of The Tree By John Watson Most people, if they were asked about Lord Raglan, would start talking about sleeves; and indeed the style was invented for him by Aquascutum so that he could better use his sword in battle, his right arm having been amputated at… Continue reading Issue 27: 2015 11 05: The Light At The Top Of The Tree
Issue 20: 2015 09 17: Brave New World for the Labour Party?
17 September 2015 Brave New World for the Labour Party A Day to Remember A View from the Left by Don Urquhart Everyone remembers where they were on 11th September 2001 when the destruction of the World Trade Centre was beamed round the world. For George W Bush and the Military Industrial Complex it was the… Continue reading Issue 20: 2015 09 17: Brave New World for the Labour Party?
