- Bankers vs People - Another look at the role of bankers in current crisis. When the economy experiences real difficulties it can become tempting to lay blame on a particular groups of people (and bankers make an attractive target). Have your say.
- In a week when UK inflation reached 5%, a look at whether The Bank of England should worry about inflation?
- Pros and cons of inequality - the extent to which inequality is desirable in a free market economy.
- Is it possible to have negative interest rates? - The difficulties of monetary policy when interest rates reach 0%
- Is inflation caused by economic growth?
- Could you explain pegging currency to dollar? - a look at how and why China pegs its currency to the dollar.
- Chain Weighted inflation measure - If the price of a good rises, we tend to switch to cheaper goods and don't buy the more expensive ones, therefore according to this measure, conventional inflation arguably over-estimate inflation rates. (not good news for those who have benefits set by RPI and feel it underestimates changes in living costs
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