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Don't believe the hyperinflation hype - dare to make cuts
London asset managers 36 South are launching a "hyperinflation fund" for those convinced that money-printing by central banks around the world must lead to Weimar or Zimbabwe soon enough.
There's no hiding place for shifty politicians in this YouTube age
Crude attempts to peddle an illusion about public spending will be exposed, suggests Jeff Randall.
Ofcom is punishing Sky's past success rather than its rivals' failures
The media watchdog's ruling means a company can be successful, up to a point, and certainly only for a limited amount of time.
An Englishman doesn't have to own his castle
We should all learn our lesson from the house-price bubble, writes Edmund Conway.
There are still serious structural weaknesses in the UK economy
City scribblers have been falling over themselves to revise up their forecasts. Supposedly, the recession is over. But is it, asks Roger Bootle.
BA's call for unpaid work is more than a flight of fancy in these dark days
Willie Walsh is no charmer. A long, hot, salary-free July beckons, but the British Airways boss won't just be voluntarily working for no money – he will be working for no money in the full knowledge that his gesture has profoundly irritated many people.
Dark pension cloud hangs over UK as US emerges from sub-prime storm
Economically speaking, the US and UK are often lumped together. Obviously, the two nations' genealogical, political and military ties are long-standing and strong. But in recent decades, and particularly since the Reagan-Thatcher era of the 1980s, America and Britain have been seen as economic first cousins too.
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