By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent Amidst the financial blackmail orchestrated by the European Union, the Central Bank and the IMF (i.e, the German government), there is a new people-led movement under way with a remit of saving the country without bankrupting it at the same time. Greece needs a €1.6 billion bailout, ...
By Harry Bedford Take an Airbus A380 from London Heathrow to Dubai International Airport and you will be flying in the largest passenger jet ever built from the second busiest to the busiest airport in the world. Largest, longest, tallest, highest, busiest - these are all adjectives that epitomise Dubai. ...
By Dr Katy Shaw ‘There is nothing in this film you don’t already know’ declares Russell Brand in the opening scene of Michael Winterbottom’s new movie about the 2007-8 financial crisis Emperor’s New Clothes. A joint project between heavy-weights of the directing and comedy worlds, the movie’s main focus is the financial ...
By Kit Power The amount of money bankers are paid each year is a hot topic after the financial crisis in 2008 and it’s a topic that Russell Brand is looking into in his new documentary The Emperor’s New Clothes. Statistics compiled by Reuters showed that in 2013 “2,600 employees ...
By Rob Foster @futuresinfinite In 1995 Will Hutton’s “The State We’re In” entered the bestseller lists and encapsulated a moment of change for Britain’s politics. Following the end of Thatcher’s reign and the fracturing rancour of John Major’s term as Prime Minister, Hutton’s diagnosis of need for a radical shift ...
By Kerim Derhalli, CEO and Founder of invstr Seven years after the onset of the financial crisis not much has changed structurally in the financial system. Regulators, central banks, politicians, shareholders and the public at large remain dissatisfied with the performance of the banks. Heavy fines and attempts to regulate compensation have ...
By Dr Nigel Mellor Buddhist economics will be forever associated with the work of Ernst Friedrich (Fritz) Schumacher. He brought us the powerful ideas of ‘intermediate technology’ and ‘small is beautiful’. In promoting ‘limits to growth’ and ‘sustainable development’, he was far ahead of his time. Schumacher wanted to restore ...
By Steve Taggart It’s no secret that London has some of the most expensive real estate in the world, with average property prices up to twice as much as those in the rest of the country. With many homeowners struggling to make it onto the property ladder in the capital, ...
UCL Launches New Curriculum in Economics “Economics teaching has failed to convey the exciting progress made in many fields in economics over recent decades in addressing the big questions about the economy,” Professor Antonio Cabrales of the University College London said in the run up to the launch of a new ...