A sickness at the heart of Britain

The Observer today ran a special series of articles on the credit crunch - an excellent collection and one that ought to be of value for A2 students studying macroeconomics.

The special reports can be found here:

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Financial Times: Global Financial Crisis

I hear that there are some leading city figures who make sure that their teams read Hamish McRae each Monday - the quality of his writing is superb and today was no exception:

“It won’t be the Great Depression all over again – or even the ‘70s or ‘80s”

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