Lucre ahead
David McWilliams is both an academic expert in monetary economics and has worked for the Irish central bank, so he understands the realities of creating money. His book, Money, has …
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Helping hand outs
Tom Neumark shares the value of giving where terms and conditions don’t apply. Having recently gone blind, Beatrice was not able to see her grandson’s diarrhoea on the packed-dirt floor …
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Just because you know how to make money, that doesn’t mean you know how to make money.
Steve Keen puts his money on the Fiat against the Tesla with the backing of Ford. Elon Musk has been making a lot of comments on government debt recently, and …
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The Bank of England’s deceptive guide to economics
Guy Dauncey reviews Can’t We Just Print More Money? Economics in Ten Simple Questions, by Rupal Patel and Jack Meaning, Bank of England. Two economists from the Bank of England …
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Gone for broke
The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy by Christopher Leonard. Review by Guy Dauncey Every healthy economy has a financial immune system to protect …
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The Alchemy of value
An excerpt from Serious Money: walking plutocratic London by Caroline Knowles Quant seems apprehensive as he arrives at the trendy east London Shoreditch bar, Looking Glass, where I am waiting, …
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EU leaders talk economy as Russia slashes gas supplies
Leaders of the European Union’s 27 member states are meeting for the second day of a summit on Friday to address the bloc’s inflation-hit economy. The first day of the summit …
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Chances of recession in Britain in next two years have increased, J.P. Morgan economists say
LONDON, June 16 (Reuters) – The Bank of England stuck to its gradual increases in interest rates on Thursday, as other central banks took more urgent action, but said it …
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Brake the bank
The Coppola Column How governments could weaponise digital banking against “undesirables.” And how to prevent it. In the past 50 years, financial services have changed beyond all recognition. Not just …
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China Becomes First Major Economy to Issue Digital Currency
The Chinese government has begun to issue blockchain-powered digital currency to its citizens. The Wall Street Journal reports that 750,000 recipients have been determined by a lottery system and can already spend their digital Yuan in …
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