The Financial Times reported on an interesting study by the Lausanne Institute for Management Development yesterday, looking at the resilience of national economies, large and small. Read the report here. […]
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The latest general election has seen the pro-European Social Democrat party come to power. Many years of rule by the Independence party are now over. During that time, Iceland was
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Some interesting discussions at the weekend at a meeting of the UEF, Federal Union’s European parent body. Participants from all over Europe were gathering to talk about some of the
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By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 25 March 2009 We are truly living in extraordinary times. Thanks to the credit crunch and the ensuing recession, some of the world’s major banks
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Amid the daily assaults on him in parliament and in the media, Gordon Brown can at least take comfort in some praise today on this blog. He is reported on
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By Richard Laming The scale and nature of the recent crash in the financial markets is leading to a rethink of the present model of economics and regulation. Can it
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By Brendan Donnelly In response to the gathering global financial and economic crisis, occasional voices, notably that of Frank Field MP, have been raised in the United Kingdom, canvassing the
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An interesting article in the Financial Times today by Sir Howard Davies – read it here – points out the consequences of banking crashes in small countries. A bank in
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Professor Stephen Haseler launched his new book yesterday, “Meltdown: How the Masters of the Universe Destroyed the West’s Power and Prosperity”. (The term “Masters of the Universe” was used to
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A debate in the House of Commons yesterday identifies some interesting phenomena as a result of the banking crisis and the moves against the Icelandic banks last month. The debate
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