I hope you enjoyed the first round of economic history from 2008 to 2011, I think it is time for round 2. Alan Greenspan was on CNBC l...

Feasta and the Smart Taxes Network are holding a conference on the 22nd & 23rd of September in the Mont Clare Hotel in Dublin 2. Th...

David McWilliams hit an interesting point in today's piece in the Independent about having 'too much regulation', and how it may repel ...

If you look at the dynamic of the crisis to date you see the following flow (broadly but not exactly) 1. Sub-prime mortgages in the US...

Credit Default Swaps (CDS's) are an over the counter (not bought or sold through an exchange) product which gives the buyer insurance i...

bank run as defined by Barron's dictionary of banking terminology as follows: 'A series of unexpected cash withdrawals caused by a sud...

Section 23 properties have had their tax treatment changed, in effect the buyer honoured their side of the contract from the outset and...

We have been shaken, and the markets are stirred. Why not have fun in our final days? When asked what I'd do if I was on a plane that w...

We have been talking about this for a while (28/01/09, 11/03/09, 23/04/09), it was a popular topic on this blog in 2009 but well covere...

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