The wealth gap is not good for democracy
Monday, January 28th, 2008The Telegraph has a long feature by Robert Preston which is an extract from his new book, Who Runs Britain? in which he looks at
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James Purnell: an ideology free zone
Sunday, January 27th, 2008Who is this? ————————— NOTE: AN IMAGE OF JAMES PURNELL MP WAS SHOWN HERE ON 12-1-09 THE FOLLOWING NOTE WAS RECEIVED FROM HIS OFFICE: Dear
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Northern Rock: Reaction to the Chancellor's statement
Monday, January 21st, 2008The Chancellor has issued a statement on Northern Rock. In it he said, amongst much else: Northern Rock would raise the funds it needs from
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Ireland's rich flee to tax havens
Monday, January 21st, 2008It’s a curious fact that being a tax haven is becoming counter productive. Ireland is a tax haven. It pioneered ring fences in the Shannon
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Ernst & Young: Keynesians after all
Sunday, January 20th, 2008The Observer reports that: Alistair Darling must tear up Gordon Brown’s ‘golden rule’ and cancel the planned public spending squeeze to avoid exacerbating the slowdown
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Northern Rock: Goldman Sachs offers financial engineering, not a solution
Friday, January 11th, 2008The FT reports that: Goldman Sachs is examining turning into bonds some of the £25bn owed by Northern Rock to the Bank of England, as
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for January 10th
Friday, January 11th, 2008These are my links for January 10th: Tax Justice Network: Tax justice radio programme wins award – Quite right too: listen, it’s good Irish Examiner
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Northern Rock: Hedge funds prove shareholders have too much power
Monday, January 7th, 2008The Guardian has reported that: One of Northern Rock’s largest shareholders has challenged the bank’s board to a public fight over its future at a
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2007 - a year in retrospect
Monday, December 31st, 20072007 was a good year for tax justice. Most important of all was a serous change in the development community. There is now significant support
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