Transforming the financial sector from a bad master to a good servant
Stephany Griffith-Jones presents the plan for reformation of the banking system to end the perpetual crisis of finance.
Green Politics
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
Employment figures mask the rise in under-employment
Duncan Wheldon argues that even the mediocre employment figures released today STILL overstate the positive news
Leaked documents expose multi-million dollar climate disinformation campaign
Joss Garman exposes the million dollar links between climate sceptic scientists and the oil companies
UK unemployment rate overtakes US for first time since recession started
Will Straw compares the UK’s record on jobs with the US’s: We no longer look so hot.
Shale gas fantasists and wind sceptics need to get real
Guy Shrubsole shows the Spectator how to do real environmental journalism. Hint: It’s not the way they do it.
TUC warns EU – don’t undermine our employment rights
Tony Burke writes about the fear of the unions over the EU’s attempts to undermine employment rights
Osborne’s austerity is failing at the one thing it’s supposed to do
Alex Hern explains lessons what we can take away from the Moody’s downgrade of the UK’s economic outlook.
CBI carry on tradition of alarmingly optimistic growth forecasts
Alex Hern reports on the CBI’s (rather optimistic) predictions for growth in 2012