This excellent 10 page paper from Civitas highlights the consequences of an artificially inflated property market on people who use houses …
Housing
My flat earns so much more than I do…
What does it tell us about the housing market that my flat earns so much more than I do?, asks Melissa Kite in the Guardian, 30th January …
Is Bank of England actually capable of dealing with asset bubbles?
House prices in UK are rising at nearly ten times the pace of average earnings. The Bank of England has already scrapped its Funding for …
House prices are rising at nearly 10 times average earnings
Halifax reveals house price inflation running at 7.7pc as low interest rates and Government schemes trigger a £37-a-day jump over past year, …
A different kind of QE – stimulus injected into the veins of the economy
'The comedian Russell Brand has stirred debate with his talk of revolution. Russell Brand is more right than wrong. Pre-revolutionary …
Soaring UK personal debt wreaking havoc with mental health, report warns (The Guardian)
Poorer people are "bearing the brunt of a storm" during which average household debt has risen to £54,000 – nearly double what it was a …
Our money system guarantees that inequality will get worse – Here is the evidence
The gap between the very richest and the rest of us has increased continuously over the last thirty years. Did you know that top 10% of …
We’ll never have it so good again?
The middle classes can no longer afford the houses and schools that their parents did – and the future looks even more squeezed for their …
The economic madness of Help to Buy
The UK has a serious household debt problem. In 2012 it stood at almost 150% of disposable income, one of the highest levels amongst …