This interactive map shows average London prices by postcode and how these have changed since their 2007 peak and over the past decade
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FT on 27th Jan 2012 (via ft.com)
Open Europe has today published a new briefing looking at the arguments for and against the EU’s continued involvement in regional spending via the structural funds in Britain and other member states. Between 2007 and 2013, Britain will pay in around £30bn to the EU’s so-called structural and cohesion funds, but get back just under £9bn.
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OpenEurope on 24th Jan 2012 (via openeurope.org.uk)
Perfect for Friday evening is this: the Gordon Brown-themed version of Ko-Ko's ‘little list’ from The Mikado that Jeff Randall wrote for us back in 2007. The chorus should be sung, according to Jeff, by three people who have been quite prominent this week: Ed Miliband, Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper... The clunking fist, Jeff Randall, The Spectator, 3 March 2007 Britain doesn’t ...
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Spectator on 20th Jan 2012 (via spectator.co.uk)
"The Tragedy of the Euro" deals with the recent monetary history, from the banking crisis to the credit crunch in 2007/8 to the current euro and sovereign debt crises in 2011. Philipp Bagus is a young economist and Professor at the University Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid. The Mises Institute has kindly released the booklet on PDF (download). It's assigned reading for all students ...
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Politeia on 7th Jan 2012 (via politeia-station.net)
Since 2005 I have been ever ready to criticise the Bank for helping the roller coaster ride we have experienced. I disliked their super lax monetary policy up to 2007 which helped pump up the bubble and brought on inflation, warned against their super tight bust the banks policy in 2007-8, and expressed concerns about
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JohnRedwood on 4th Jan 2012 (via johnredwoodsdiary.com)
Brook Berry alerted colleagues to worries about PIP implants in a 2007 letter to the British Journal of Plastic Surgery.
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Telegraph on 1st Jan 2012 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
Brook Berry alerted colleagues to worries about PIP implants in a 2007 letter to the British Journal of Plastic Surgery.
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Telegraph on 31st Dec 2011 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
‘Countervailing duties’ have been imposed in 23 cases on imports from China and Vietnam since 2007, with five more cases pending
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FT on 19th Dec 2011 (via ft.com)