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Spot the difference in a load of old Balls
Ed Balls, a Labour leadership contender, lived up to his name in his speech attacking “growth deniers” last week. He also showed the superficiality of his understanding of economics despite his long association with Gordon Brown (or perhaps because of it) and impressive academic credentials in the subject.
This rebel’s heresy is not so earth-shaking
Imagine if Sir Alex Ferguson had the gall to present himself as a marginal figure in world football. Despite managing Manchester United, winning the European Champions’ league twice, the Premier League numerous times, he claimed to have little influence on the game. Such a suggestion would, quite rightly, be dismissed as preposterous.
The simple solution to rising food prices
Do rises in affluence, population or meat consumption necessarily lead to increases in food prices?
Patrick Collinson
Ride on Japan’s discounted cycle
Martin Currie’s Claire Marwick reckons Japanese stocks are ripe for the picking as the sector hits the bottom of the performance tables and multinationals are on cheap valuations.
Stateside
Quest for enlightenment or self interest
The global crisis prompts business students to choose specialised, career-focused courses as the job market shrinks. Meanwhile, doctoral graduates seek answers to the “new normal”.
Book Review
Locked in a global anti-growth trap
The book tries to identify the roots of the financial crisis and concludes systemic failures were symptomatic rather than causal and that global imbalances in debt and surpluses hinder recovery.
