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1. How New Labour ate itself | Deborah Orr
Deborah Orr: Contrary to Tony Blair's criticisms, Gordon Brown messed up because he believed in New Labour principles too greatly
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2. Response: Young people need secure jobs, not casual and part-time work
Response: The young want a means to live full and independent lives. But such jobs are increasingly hard to find, says Richard Williams -
3. We lost sight of fairness in the false promise of wealth | Ha-Joon Chang
Ha-Joon Chang: Acceptance of inequality rests on assumptions that 'free markets' make us all richer in the end. Growth figures tell it differently -
4. House prices have nowhere to go but down
Rigged in favour of owner-occupiers, the property market is shuddering to a halt
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5. Defiant Dick Fuld blames false rumours and the Fed for collapse of Lehma
Boss of Lehman Brothers attacks regulator for lack of action, but admits: 'I myself did not see the depth and violence of the crisis'
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6. Tony Blair: quotes from A Journey
From banking to foxhunting, the former prime minister gives his views on his choices when in power
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7. Burger King could be snapped up by private equity firm
Burger King is in talks with a number of potential buyers including Britain's 3i Group, according to media reports -
8. Growth deniers and deficit deniers. Let the battle begin | Larry Elliott
Larry Elliott: In the impending economic debate Labour must ensure it defeats the ideology of George Osborne's austerians -
9. Greenland's prime minister lambasts Greenpeace for raiding Arctic oil rig
Kuupik Kleist claims environmental campaigners are damaging country's economy by occupy drilling platform
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10. Immigrants cause job losses? Like ice-cream brings sharks | Gary Younge
Gary Younge: To claim the statistics show that foreigners are to blame for rising unemployment is a leap of xenophobic bad faith
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1. Good Companies Guide: Winners and losers in the corporate sustainability stakes
Analysts at Co-operative Asset Management assess which FTSE 350 companies may have the most sustainable business models
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2. We lost sight of fairness in the false promise of wealth | Ha-Joon Chang
Ha-Joon Chang: Acceptance of inequality rests on assumptions that 'free markets' make us all richer in the end. Growth figures tell it differently -
3. The rise and fall of American Apparel
The ethical clothing firm founded by controversial CEO Dov Charney is facing bankruptcy
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4. House prices have nowhere to go but down
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5. Big business: There is profit to be made in decency | Observer editorial
Observer editorial: If governments and companies fail to behave responsibly, the stage could be set for an environmental, social and economic dystopia -
6. Margaret Thatcher blocked Soviet aid for striking miners, files reveal
Margaret Thatcher exerted intense diplomatic pressure on Mikhail Gorbachev over funds for miners during strike
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7. The fallacy of taking German lessons | Mark Weisbrot
Mark Weisbrot: Germany is held up by deficit hawks as an ideal for other, less successful economies such as Spain's to emulate. Big mistake
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8. How New Labour ate itself | Deborah Orr
Deborah Orr: Contrary to Tony Blair's criticisms, Gordon Brown messed up because he believed in New Labour principles too greatly
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9. Response: Young people need secure jobs, not casual and part-time work
Response: The young want a means to live full and independent lives. But such jobs are increasingly hard to find, says Richard Williams -
10. BP frozen out of Arctic oil drilling race
British energy giant BP forced to abandon hopes of Greenland exploration owing to tarnished reputation from Gulf oil spill