Sunday, 13 September 2009



Lehman is a footnote in the great East-West globalisation crisis

You can see why markets and governments both like to blame Lehman Brothers for the "Great Contraction". Such wishful thinking shields investors from the nasty reality that deeper forces are at work: it absolves officialdom from its own destructive role in fixing the price of credit too low for 20 years, luring us into debt.

Recovery talk is meaningless to the man with his P45 in the post

Storm clouds

Unemployment is the only indicator that counts when it comes to confidence, says Jeff Randall.

A TV debate could be sudden political death - bring it on!

 LIAM HALLIGAN


Daring Darling finally puts Brown in his place

Having often berated Alistair Darling, this column would like to say, "Hats off". Our erstwhile "glove puppet" Chancellor is now biting – or at least nipping – the hand that controlled him.