MELTDOWN: Archives

May 2009

Meltdown - the ppt version
You can download my latest ppt presentation here
Labour's Long Weekend
Why the knives are sharpened for Gordon Brown - and why they will not be used. Yet.
Will the markets put the Vulcan Nerve Pinch on Darling
Talk of a bond-buyers strike clatters through the City of London.
How the IMF withdrew it's scary number on British toxic debt
First it was 13.4% of GDP, then it wasn't there at all. Then it was 9%. Thank heavens the IMF is now in charge of $1 trillion global lending (or is that $500m)?
The Strange Case of Macau; the Tax Haven that Disappeared
How Sarkozy and Hu carved the OECD out of deciding who's a tax haven and who is not...
What does Sarkozy's walkout threat mean?
The President of France threatens a walkout at the G20. Pourquoi?
Eurocrash: How Latvia's boom turned to bust
...or at -14% GDP make that slump
Hello from bankrupt Kiev
...the 4x4 capital of Europe.
Riga: Slump City
What does it feel like when an economy shrinks by 12%?
The imbalances that could sink the G20
Who has the vision to rebalance the world?