Category: Northern Rock

The Great Crunch: It’ll happen again because we’ve gone soft on bankruptcy (Part 1)

The debate as to what to do to try to prevent a repeat of what I like to term the

I knew it was too good to be true. I bookmarked an FT story late yesterday that at the time

I’m sure I’ve ranted before about the inadequacies of some of the mainstream media blogs. Well, I wanted to comment

They say that the 1930s Depression was a result of a crisis exacerbated by policies to maintain a strong dollar.

OK, I know I said I wasn’t going to write any more about the Rock. But this story in Saturday’s

Well, it is very encouraging after yesterday’s post to find Gillian Tett in the FT explaining about sacrificial Bears being

I keep getting an error (good old Beeb) when I try to post on Robert Peston’s blog. What I wanted

This is positively my last post on Northern Rock. I’ve recently taken to listening to Radio 4 in the mornings.

There are voices of sanity out there. Tim Congdon has written several sensible pieces on the Rock affair in the

Wunch, n.: a population suddenly expert in a highly technical domain in which the vast majority have no qualifications whatsoever.