Political Economy » Economics

Why Clegg Is Right And Cameron Wrong

Charles Vickers — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 12:07:01 +0000

In the recent coalition spat Cameron and Clegg have shown totally different views to privilege – even though both of them appear to have benefited equally from privilege in the past.

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Isn’t It Time For The CBI To Stop Whinging?

Charles Vickers — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 10:49:17 +0000

James Boxall reported in the 1st October 2010 Kindle edition of the Financial times that the CBI has said that the new rules restricting foreign workers from outside the EU must be reviewed. Why?

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Gordon Brown And His Rich Friends

Charles Vickers — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:46:54 +0000

I received the following email message from Frank Roseman, the English Democrats prospective parliamentary candidate for the Cities of London and Westminster (http://www.voteenglish.org/london-candidates/). Interestingly it looks as though Gordon is a snob, always toadying up to the wealthy.

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Quantitative Easing 2

Charles Vickers — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:29:49 +0000

I initially planned to post this in November. However the economic outlook was confused at the time, typical of a turn in the economy, and since I wanted to encourage readers to make their own decision I decided to wait a couple of months.

Quantitative Easing 1

Charles Vickers — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:30:24 +0000

Quantitative Easing (QE). Now there’s a phrase to ruminate about. It was created by Dr Richard Werner, Professor of International Banking at the School of Management, University of Southampton. He used this phrase in order to propose a new form of monetary stimulation policy by the central bank that did not rely rely on traditional methods of stimulating the economy which appeared to have failed in Japan.