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Why is it that the establishment doesn't seem to be able to tell the difference between criticising the behaviour o the big banks and be...

RBS seems unlikely to be in a fit state to sell off any time soon.  The very least the Treasury should do is investigate whether it might be...

Paying money by mobile phone - it's a good idea, pioneered in Africa, in fact.  But we need to be careful about this, if the big banks a...

Why is it that, despite everything, local authorities still have such contempt for small shops and local entrepreneurs?  The result is a fat...

How can we save the Greeks from complete economic shutdown, and keep them in the euro?  Answer: give them new kinds of mediums of exchange: ...

A slightly insidious campaign is going on, largely in the pages of the Financial Times , to persuade us that high streets must be allowed to...

Only five years ago, the New Economics Foundation commissioned Ron Bailey to draft a bill to tackle Ghost Town Britain.  Now that ghost town...