As David Cameron puts Europe to the public, I explore the predetermined nature of the referendum, and question how much choice is actually involved. There are few things that have divided public opinion more over the past two decades than our relationship with Europe. But come 2017, a ‘No’ vote on the EU is extremely […]
Monthly Archives: January 2013
January
31
Arab Spring: Old wine in a new bottle
posted by TheLondonEconomic
Political power is merely the organised power of one class for oppressing another – Karl Marx Tahrir Square; the face of the Arab Spring two years on is blocked by police as protestors gather to mark the anniversary of the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak from power. The people believe president Mohammed Morsi’s has betrayed […]
Woolwich: Perspective
posted by TheLondonEconomic
Last year, 1.8 million people donated blood selflessly to protect the lives of others, but it took opening this blog and reading the first line to find that out. Conversely, if I was to say a soldier was brutally murdered on the streets of Woolwich this week by two men, you would be fully aware. […]
January
21
God save our (trade ties)
posted by TheLondonEconomic
A very unpatriotic account of Britain’s economic supremacy. Jerusalem turned up, crumpets on, tea in the pot and log fire blazing, here’s to ten minutes of outright patriarchy…. Well, not quite. The UK is home to the seventh largest economy in the world packed into the 80th biggest country by area. 0.89 per cent of […]
January
15
What Branson knows about HMV
posted by TheLondonEconomic
Why Richard Branson jumped ship on his first business venture, and what his financial prudency can tell us about the state of the industry he left. Sir Richard Branson made his millions in business, not in music, and in the wake of HMV’s administration, one shouldn’t overlook the fact that as well as creating Virgin’s […]
January
15
The Great Rotation
posted by TheLondonEconomic
Economic downturn or simply evolution, the fabric of the global economy is about to change as East takes on West for world dominance. Like an old car, there’s only so many times you can pump money into a broken economy before you concede and move on. As central bankers of the West inject billions into […]
January
15
That’s capitalism
posted by TheLondonEconomic
What Google can tell us about our current economic system. My morning read. Amazon, Starbucks and Google may have been artificially burnt by a recent George Osborne-led war on tax evasion, but aside from a scratch on their brand image, their seasonal sales will undoubtedly go untouched. The three multinational companies orchestrated very different responses […]
January
11
The Truth About Romance: A review of a (tiny) adventure
posted by TheLondonEconomic
James G Wall (A Tiny Adventure) documents love, life and romance in an unapologetic way only an indie film could. Love, life and romance are often featured, but rarely exposed in our mainstream, Hollywoodized picture houses. Directors too frequently place the microscope on life without revealing the cracks; mixing the icing sugar without baking the […]
January
04
The Creatives
posted by TheLondonEconomic
Jack Peat talks to three people that have achieved remarkable things in their respective industries for the love of their art. We live in a world of underground talent. A world of street food, pub music, pop-up art and independent film. The nucleus of creativity – originality, imagination and stimulation through novel, varied, and complex […]
January
01
2012: The end of the world as we know it
posted by TheLondonEconomic
Up to 21/12/2012 we have experienced some of the greatest scientific discoveries of our lives, proving that the Mayans were right all along. Contrary to the beliefs of the mystics, hippies, druids and pagans stationed outside the ruins of Chichen Itza in Mexico (and several British tabloid papers) the Maya had no apocalyptic myths and […]
The London Economic 