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US economy grows as UK economy shrinks
As the UK economy descends into a double-dip recession, new figures today show the US economy continuing to grow, albeit it at a slower rate, writes Shamik Das.
Krugman: “Keynesians have been completely right, Austerians utterly wrong”
“The results are in: Keynesians have been completely right, Austerians utterly wrong - at vast human cost” - so wrote Nobel laureate Paul Krugman today.
The next sub-prime crisis may be an educational lesson just a little too late
In the US, commentators are now warning of the next group of loans that seem reckless and ready to collapse that could lead to the “the next financial crisis”.
US recovery shows the failure of Osborne’s ‘Voodoo Economics’
While the US economy shows encouraging signs of recovery, we in the UK are paying for chancellor George Osbourne’s own misguided version of Voodoo Economics.
Obama puts manufacturing top of the agenda – time for Cameron to do the same?
Tony Burke looks at the state of the unions following the State of the Union address, where Obama called for America to reclaim the lead in manufacturing.
2011 will go down in history – but what does 2012 have in store?
After an incredible 2011 internationally, Luke Bozier looks ahead to the key figures and events that will shape the world in 2012.