Green Politics
The Spanish banking crisis: Europe between a rock and a hard place
With the imminent recapitalisation of Spain's banks, concerns grow that the Eurozone's €100bn bailout may prove insufficient, triggering a greater crisis
As tax avoidance fills the headlines, 10,000 jobs to be cut at HMRC
Fifty-five thousand HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) staff are on strike today over plans to axe 10,000 jobs from the department.
The evidence-free dogma of demutualisation
As the London Metal Exchange demutualises after 400 years, we must be alive to the systemic risks of demutualisation - a harbinger of financial cataclysm.
Going green since the 70s? Introducing the Energy Consumption Guide
As the topic of energy consumption takes centre stage at the Rio+20 summit, a new interactive tool sheds new light on UK energy consumption since the 1970s.
There is a clash of priorities in the government’s austerity economics
What comes after austerity is the subject of a major conference being hosted by the TUC next week. But just how austere is the austerity age?
From Boots to Barclays: Why branch businesses are good for our cities
Paul Swinney of the Centre for Cities looks at the effects of independent businesses on the economy.