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Ned Simons

Underemployed Workers Want More Hours, But Bosses Will Not Pay

HuffingtonPost.com | Ned Simons | Posted 01.05.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Underemployment, Jobs, Benefits, David Blanchflower, Unemployment, UK News, George Osborne, Job Seekers, UK Politics News

Official unemployment figures are disguising the fact that a significant number of people who are in both full time and part time work are not able to...

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Mehdi Hasan

'Premature, Self-Defeating, Completely At Odds With Economic Theory'

HuffingtonPost.com | Mehdi Hasan | Posted 20.03.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Conservative Party, Adam Posen, Monetary Policy Committee, David Blanchflower, Bank of England, Labour Party, Spending Cuts, David Cameron, Sushil Wadhwani, Mpc, Vince Cable, Budget 2013, Economic Growth, George Osborne, Triple Dip Recession, Austerity, UK Politics News

Three former members of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) have launched a scathing attack on George Osborne’s handling of the ...

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Mehdi Hasan

Mervyn King 'Not Interested' In 2008 Libor Rate Warnings, Say Ex-BoE Colleagues

HuffingtonPost.com | Mehdi Hasan | Posted 16.07.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: UK Banks, Mervyn King, UK News, Libor, UK Economy, Timothy Geithner, UK Diary, David-Blanchflower, Barclays, UK Politics News

The Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King "wasn’t interested" in worries about the Libor rate when it was discussed in 2008 and has “key questi...

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'Sir Mervyn Was A Tyrant'

PA | Posted 18.06.2012 | UK
Read More: UK News, New Statesmen, Bank of England, Sir Mervyn King, David Blanchflower, UK Banking, UK Finance, UK News

Bank of England Governor Sir Mervyn King has been branded a "tyrant" by a former member of the Bank's key interest rate-setting committee. In an ou...

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