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Academics back students in protests against economics teaching
Professors argue in letter to the Guardian against 'dogmatic intellectual commitment' to 'orthodoxy and against diversity'A prominent group of academic economists have backed student protests against...
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Wayne Swan: The G20 must renew its focus and go back to basics. And there couldn’t be a better time for Australia to assume its leadershipWayne Swan
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UK economy boosted by cheap money, Help to Buy and consumer spending
Outlook for UK exports remains difficult as OECD calls on Germany to do more to avoid deflation in the euro areaDespite what's been going on elsewhere, the growth prospects for the UK have been...
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty is the complete opposite of 'free trade'...
The TPP would strip our constitutional rights, while offering no gains for the majority of Americans. It's a win for corporationsThe proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement among 12 governments,...
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Scottish independence will create jobs boom, Alex Salmond predicts
First minister says Scotland's growth had been stifled by UK governments as SNP publishes paper on economic choicesAlex Salmond on Tuesday promised that Scottish independence would lead to a jobs boom...
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Childcare – like life – is about so much more than economics | Zoe Williams
Miliband, Cameron and Clegg just don't get it: parents want options, and the recognition that there is more to life than moneySolve childcare and you win the election. This is the calculation...
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Soaring UK personal debt wreaking havoc with mental health, report warns
Centre for Social Justice says poorer people 'bearing brunt of storm' as debt hits £1.4tn – almost as high as economic outputPersonal debt in Britain has reached £1.4tn – almost the same amount as...
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Royal Mail sale valuation branded a debacle by union
Communications Workers Union calls for payments to be withheld to banks which advised on privatisationThe postal workers' union has urged the government to withhold any more payments to banks which...
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Royal Mail's flawed sale bodes badly for the Post Office | Lindsay Mackie
As MPs quiz bankers over Royal Mail's flotation, they should ask what it means for its future – and that of the Post Office we trust and useToday MPs on the business, innovation and skills select...
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How green is David Cameron? Tories need clarity | Peter Hoskin
Whether or not the prime minister said 'get rid of all the green crap', we need to know what this man actually believesWell, that was fun while it lasted. This morning, the Sun published a story...
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Paul Flowers should never have chaired the Co-op, but the impact on mutuals...
A political row over a colourful character is a distraction. Mutuals can learn from the decisions that led to the Co-op Bank's fallThe playing out of the mudslinging around the former chairman of the...
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Raising London's minimum wage won't help rebalance the economy
Forty-six of the 50 unemployment hotspots are in northern England, Scotland and Wales. A living wage for all is what's needed, not another fillip for Londoners, argues Daniel SilverLondon Mayor Boris...
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Letters: Degrees of influence
While it is a difficult climate for all young people entering the job market, we need to recognise that the value of a degree is not limited to a graduate's first job after leaving university (Half of...
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Prison privatisations cancelled because of Serco fraud investigation
Justice secretary says privatisation of three South Yorkshire jails will no longer go ahead because of uncertainty created by caseThe justice secretary, Chris Grayling, has been forced to cancel the...
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First world problems: why economic development categories need a rethink
Judging countries by GDP per capita, especially those with high income levels, is a blunt measure of categorisationThe term "third world" came to be adopted around the time of the 1955 Asia-Africa...
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Ofcom warns Royal Mail to meet targets on deliveries or face fines
Regulator says privatised group missed requirement to deliver 93% of all first class letters on day after collectionRoyal Mail has been warned it could be fined if it continues to miss key performance...
View ArticleMartin Rowson on politics and strained metaphors – cartoon
The 50th anniversary of the BBC TV series Doctor Who and the deaths of Aldous Huxley and CS LewisMartin Rowson
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Unthinkable? Five radical ways to stop the economic slump
As growth remains elusive, policymakers are having to contemplate new and unusual measures to stimulate itCentral banks on both sides of the Atlantic are once again being forced to think the...
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A 'suite of levers' won't give an independent Scotland any pull
One sobering analysis suggests Holyrood may have no more financial autonomy under independence than under devolutionAs soaring patriotic narratives go, a promise that Scottish independence would give...
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Funding Circle lends almost all of £20m provided by government
Online peer-to-peer lender in talks for further state money after lending £17.6m to small businesses on government's behalfFunding Circle has lent almost all the £20m provided by the government in...
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