The squeeze on families’ incomes is... [https://i1.wp.com/www.edmundconway.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/image.png?ssl=1] The squeeze on families’ incomes is still continuing, though not at quite the rate of last year (chart from ONS)
Apple vs Obama A few people who read my letter to Apple [https://www.edmundconway.com/2012/10/dear-apple-im-leaving-you/] assumed for some reason that I’m an Apple hater – or indeed that I had foresworn Apple products entirely. They couldn’t be more wrong. I love Apple – always have and probably always will
Mario Draghi's misleading fact about the euro crisis When asked about the health of the euro area at his press conference earlier today, Mario Draghi trotted out an old canard often used by his predecessor as European Central Bank President, Jean-Claude Trichet. He said that while it was easy to talk down the euro’s prospects, the fact
The amazing stuff the Bank of England could have bought with its £375bn Now that the Bank of England has called a halt on its quantitative easing programme [http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Pages/news/2012/103.aspx] , it might be worth stepping back for a moment and considering the momentousness of what the central bank has done over the past three
Since 1986 the top 1% of UK earners... [https://i1.wp.com/www.edmundconway.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/image1.jpg?ssl=1] Since 1986 the top 1% of UK earners enjoyed real wages increases of 117%. The bottom 10% by only 47% (Bottom 1% by 70%)
Here’s a map of the LSE’s “Mafia... [https://i1.wp.com/www.edmundconway.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/image.jpg?ssl=1] Here’s a map of the LSE’s “Mafia Index”, showing organised criminality across Italy
Despite Heseltine Report the south’s... [https://i0.wp.com/www.edmundconway.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/image.png?ssl=1] Despite Heseltine Report the south’s share of UK GDP will keep rising and the North’s will keep falling – Cap Economics