Category Archives: Economy

Saturation

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Nev

Just over a year ago, before the Guardian “retired” their local beatblogger experiment, Tom Allen asked the question that more and more people still seem to be asking themselves: How many supermarkets do we really need? Despite the protests, planning … Continue reading →

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Basic maths

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Nev

I was reading the Observer UK Factfile at the weekend and something struck me as a little weird. Apparently in 2009 we exported £12.4bn in petrol and imported £14.5bn of the same commodity. Nobody yet has been able to explain … Continue reading →

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There may be trouble ahead

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Nev

Now I’m not an economist by trade nor training but in this day and age of Google and Wikipedia, educating yourself is far easier than it ever has been before. The odds are that we’ll have a hung parliament in … Continue reading →

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