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Independent: Forget about mortgage debt – become a happy renter instead
June 27, 2010 – 10:54 am | One Comment

First-time buyers are suffering, and mortgage rule changes could lead to yet more misery, so perhaps it’s time to consider the benefits of being a tenant, writes Laura Howard

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The big questions are too hot to handle
June 5, 2009 – 11:19 am | 8 Comments
The big questions are too hot to handle

In all the newspaper articles, in all the radio programmes and TV shows now exposing our MP’s expenses, and previously, our failed bankers’ bonuses, two core issues have been strikingly missed. One is to question …

The Slow Death of A Sick System
April 6, 2009 – 10:52 am | One Comment
The Slow Death of A Sick System

The economic crisis has focussed many minds on immediate survival, ranging from individuals coping with redundancy, to governments propping up failed banks and car manufacturers. In a crisis humans tend to panic and regress into …