The ‘markets’ aren’t the economy
Alex Hern looks at how a chance change in the make-up of the Dow Jones would lead to a 2000 point difference, and asks what this tells us about economic decision-making
Alex Hern
Website Alex graduated St Peter's College, Oxford, in 2011 and is a former Parliamentary researcher. He is currently working as Left Foot Forward's intern. Alex is an avid comic aficionado and critic. You should follow him on twitter.
Edwina Currie is good at making people cry
Alex Hern reports on heartless Edwina Currie and how good she is at making people cry
Tesco’s unpaid labour shows the flaw at the heart of workfare
Alex Hern examines the kerfuffle around Tesco’s adverts for unpaid work, and finds it to be kerfuffle-worthy indeed
Credit rating agencies beaten by a spreadsheet
Alex Hern reports on yet more news showing the uselessness of credit ratings agencies
Daily Mail 2009: Ratings agencies ‘critical’, 2012: ‘Doom-mongers’
Alex Hern looks at some classic Daily Mail hypocrisy
How the coalition is breaking the NHS
Alex Hern reports on the release of the new report on the NHS reforms, Breaking the NHS
Get Google Alerts? You’ll have to pay Murdoch, Desmond and co. £150
Alex Hern reveals the plans of Britain’s leading newspaper cartel to monetise Google Alerts and Google News
The government continues to bury the risk of the NHS reforms
Alex Hern looks at the ongoing battle to ensure the publication of the NHS risk register
The three welfare amendments the Lords must fight for
Alex Hern gives their noble lordships pointers on how to avoid completely wrecking life for disabled people in Britain
Government’s “quantum leap” in transparency takes us in the wrong direction – Oh Boy
Alex Hern reports on the news that civil servants want to gut the FoI act.