The coalition will pile on more debt than any modern government
Cormac Hollingsworth explains how the coalition, which came to power pledging to eliminate the deficit, will pile on more debt than any modern government.
Cormac Hollingsworth
Website Cormac writes for Left Foot Forward on the economy; he is an economic policy consultant who previously worked as an MD at a European investment bank.
38 Degrees’ energy campaign will be half baked without co-ops
On their ‘Big Switch’ energy campaign, 38 Degrees should think a little more about how they add “sustainable” to their aspiration for “change”.
The Bank of England is blind to the financialisation of commodities
The Bank of England is blind to the financialisation of commodities, explains Cormac Hollingsworth.
Budget 2012: Tippex still wet on the coalition agreement
George Osborne’s budget has seen a complete change in the economic direction of this government, writes Left Foot Forward’s Cormac Hollingsworth.
“According to my tax breakdown, Daily Mail readers are the biggest scroungers”
Cormac Hollingsworth turns the tables on the Daily Mail’s ‘tax breakdown’ campaign.
Institutionalised prejudice against co-ops will delay economic recovery
Institutionalised prejudice against co-ops by organisations like the Financial Services Authority will delay the economic recovery, writes Cormac Hollingsworth.
Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley: Labour’s gift that keeps on giving?
Cormac Hollingsworth reveals the enormous sums made from the nationalisation of Bradford and Bingley and Northern Rock, and asks what it’s being used for.
Alec Baldwin, not Michael Douglas, will improve corporate ethics
Cormac Hollingsworth looks at the City’s idols; for all that Wall Street is known in the real world, Glengarry Glen Ross is the real star piece.
The Bank of England is like a lifeguard who’s afraid of rubber rings
Cormac Hollingsworth asks what use the Bank of England is if it’s afraid of one of the key tools in its arsenal
No, really, RBS and Lloyds are being bailed out by the EU
Cormac Hollingsworth replies to Open Europe, and demonstrates that RBS and Lloyds really are being bailed out.