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When Britain joined the European Community in 1973, its then prime minister, Edward Heath, was optimistic about the country’s membership and the prospects for national prosperity derived from rolling back the economic and political frontiers of Britain. Joining the European project was expected to generate a cross-fertilisation of knowledge and information that would enable Britain [...]
For too long we have entrusted financial markets as engines of growth and prosperity, ignoring the fact that a huge part of financial activity is speculative, unrestrained and based on flawed projections of the world. The myth of credit-based growth has gone bust, with 1.6 trillion euros of taxpayer’s money washing down the sink of [...]
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