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Bankers’ Bonuses and Lost Honour: A Convenient Diversion

Bankers’ Bonuses and Lost Honour: A Convenient Diversion

Jamal Harwood Dominating the UK press this week is the tale of two bankers, a banker’s bonus, and the end of honour. Whilst it is rather surprising that the contrasting tales of two bankers should dominate [...]

A Real Radical Solution to the Financial Crisis

A Real Radical Solution to the Financial Crisis

Jamal Harwood Much can be said for the commitment, drive, and sheer doggedness of the many thousands worldwide which are braving the winter elements to keep their dignified “occupy” protests alive. It has caught the imagination [...]

Law of Unintended Consequences: European defaults, failed Western ideologies and Babar Ahmad

Law of Unintended Consequences: European defaults, failed Western ideologies and Babar Ahmad

When the incompetent or corrupt break the law or their most important principles it invariably leads to unexpected consequences. At the height of the slow motion car crash which is often referred to as the Eurozone [...]

Financial Crisis – The Global Blame Game

Financial Crisis – The Global Blame Game

It is often said, “why let a good crisis go to waste?” So we shouldn’t be surprised that the doyen of the US Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, has weighed in with a warning that the crisis [...]

Eurozone Crisis – Beware of Greeks Seeking Gifts

Eurozone Crisis – Beware of Greeks Seeking Gifts

In the last week of October the heads of the Eurozone countries announced their long awaited plan for solving the debt crisis ravaging the region. With Greece seemingly on the brink of a sovereign debt default [...]

Energy Prices – Another case of Private Profit at the expense of the General Public

Energy Prices – Another case of Private Profit at the expense of the General Public

Profiteering by the six main UK energy companies is again in the spotlight after OFGEM reported that average cost per household for gas and electricity is now £1,345 per year, with profit per customer in the [...]