Straight from the Hip by Jawahir Mulraj

Coming soon a QE3, but will it go the Costa Concordia way?

Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Jim Sinclair argues that the US Government would soon introduce a third quantitative easing programme (QE3) in order to save the skins of the 5 major US banks.... [Read More]

Remodelling of capitalism

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

This column has spoken of Japan and Germany, having followed forms of stakeholder capitalism, threatening the economic hegemony of the US.... [Read More]

The difficulties and costs of governance

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Governing ain't easy. Any decision Government, or corporate, leaders take is monitored and they are quite often damned if they do, and damned if they don't. This column will talk of many decisions taken, often under emergency situations when there is an unnecessarily high cost to pay, and the impact they have had on the economy.... [Read More]

Sarkozy and Fischer sat on a wall

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Presidents Nicolas Sarkozy, of France, and Heinz Fischer, of Austria, last week fell off their debt walls and were downgraded by S&P, losing their AAA rating one notch.... [Read More]

What price, growth?

Sat, 7 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

My earlier columns have mentioned how 'shareholder capitalism was encouraged as a means for the US to regain its economic hegemony, when, in the '80s, it was threatened by the 'stakeholder capitalism' followed by Japan and Germany.... [Read More]