Author Archives: Cormac Hollingsworth

Another example of tax evasion, this time from “the world’s favourite bank”

By Cormac Hollingsworth | Published: November 9, 2012

A damning report into the dealings of HSBC reveals tax avoidance along with links to suspicious groups.

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US 2012: The diseconomy of the cost of American elections

By Cormac Hollingsworth | Published: November 7, 2012

After the most expensive presidential election ever (more than one billion dollars was spent), Cormac Hollingsworth look at how efficient all the spending was.

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Con 2012: Thatcher thought privilege caused Britain’s decline

By Cormac Hollingsworth | Published: October 11, 2012

Margaret Thatcher thought privilege caused Britain’s decline, writes Cormac Hollingsworth; David Cameron needs to explain why he disagrees with her.

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IMF reassessment a massive boost for Ed Balls’s 5-point plan for growth

By Cormac Hollingsworth | Published: October 9, 2012

Last night’s IMF reassessment on the UK economy is a massive boost for Ed Balls’s 5-point plan for growth, writes Cormac Hollingsworth.

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Underlying public borrowing back to record 2009 levels

By Cormac Hollingsworth | Published: September 21, 2012

Cormac Hollingsworth investigates the ins and outs of the new borrowing figures which are now back to record 2009 levels.

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Risk of 23-year slump as Cameron now forecast to borrow double what Brown was

By Cormac Hollingsworth | Published: September 5, 2012

David Cameron and George Osborne are set to borrow double the figure Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling were projected to.

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Lack of bank arrests vindicates St Paul’s decision to remove Occupy

By Cormac Hollingsworth | Published: August 16, 2012

With the early removal of Occupy, the established church is safe from anyone in Occupy’s tent becoming the next Martin Luther

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Introducing neo-con economics

By Cormac Hollingsworth | Published: August 3, 2012

Left Foot Forward’s Cormac Hollingsworth presents your cut-out-and-keep guido to neo-con economics.

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Co-op Bank’s purchase is a staggeringly good deal for members

By Cormac Hollingsworth | Published: July 19, 2012

Today’s Co-operative Bank purchase of 632 branches from Lloyds Banking Group for £750 million is a staggeringly good deal for members.

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The evidence-free dogma of demutualisation

By Cormac Hollingsworth | Published: June 22, 2012

As the London Metal Exchange demutualises after 400 years, we must be alive to the systemic risks of demutualisation – a harbinger of financial cataclysm.

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