in USA
HSBC
Hubbert, M. King
Hungary
Huskisson, William
Hussein, Saddam
Iceland
Icesave
Ickes, Harold L.
IKB
immigration
imperialism
index funds
India
cars in
and climate change
economic growth
and food
and oil
politics
population and GDP
power generation
and trade
Indonesia
Indy Mac Bankcorp
inflation
and asset prices
insurance, payment protection
intellectual property
interest rates
in USA
International Economic Association
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Special Drawing Rights
International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)
investment banks
Iran
Iran–Iraq War
Iraq
Iraq War
Ireland
iron ore
Islamic radicalism
Isle of Man
Israel
Italy
gas imports
and ‘state capitalism’
Jacques, Martin
Japan
banking crisis
and deflation
fiscal policy
and oil
pre-war
power generation
and trade
Johnson, Samuel
JPMorgan Chase
Kaplinsky, Raphael
Kaufman, Henry
Kenya
Keynesian economics
Kindleberger, Charles
King, Martin Luther
King, Mervyn
Kipper- und Wipperzeit
speculation
Korea
Korean War
Krugman, Paul
Kuwait
Kyoto Agreement
Latin America
Lawrence, Robert
Lawson, Nigel
Le Piège
(Goldsmith)
League of Nations
Lehman Brothers
Libya
Lieberman, Senator Joe
Limits to Growth theory
Lloyds TSB
LNG ‘trains’
London
Long Term Capital Management
Maastricht Treaty
Maddison, Angus
maize
Malaysia
Malthus, Thomas
Mandelson, Peter
manufacturing
Martins Bank
Marx, Karl
mathematics
MBIA
media, independent
Mellon, Andrew
Merrill Lynch
Mexico
Miles, David
Mill, John Stuart
Minsky, Hyman
Monbiot, George
monetarism
monolines
Moody’s
moral hazard
Morecambe Bay cockle-pickers
mortgage lending
arrears
deposits
payment protection insurance
self-certification’
in USA
see also
sub-prime lending
Mosley, Oswald
multinational companies
Murti, Arjun
Mussolini, Benito
Napoleonic Wars
nationalism
Netherlands
Nevada
New Century
New Deal
New Labour
New York
Newcastle United FC
Newcastle upon Tyne
News of the World
Newton, Isaac
nickel
Nigeria
Nissan
Nixon, Richard
Nixon administration
‘non-domiciled’ residents
North Pole
North Sea
Northern Rock
Norway
nuclear power
Obama, Barack
Obama administration
O’Brien, Richard
Odell, Peter
OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
Office for National Statistics
oil
and exchange rate
hoarding
oil ‘optimism’
‘peak oil’ theory
price shocks
and politics
speculation
‘super cycles’
Olympic Games
Oman
OPEC
Opium Wars
Overend Gurney
Pakistan
‘paradox of thrift’
Paulson plan
pensions
Persaud, Avinash
Persian Gulf
petrol prices
Pike, Richard
planning system
Poland
‘politics of identity’
population growth
privatization
protectionism
public sector
public spending
Putin, Vladimir
Qatar
‘quantitative easing’
Rajasthan
ratings agencies
Reagan, Ronald
recession
‘Ricardian equivalence’
Ricardo, David
rice
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Rowthorn, Bob
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)/NatWest
Russia (and former Soviet Union)
debt default
economic and political collapse
and food
gas production
and nationalism
and oil
Russian revolution
Santander
Sarkozy, Nicolas
Saudi Arabia
savings
Scandinavia
Scargill, Arthur
schools
Schumacher, E. F.
science and engineering
Scottish nationalism
Seattle
Second World War
securitization
Sen, Amartya
share values
Shell
short-selling
Simmonds, Matthew
Singapore
Singh, Manmohan
Sinopec
Small Is Beautiful
(Schumacher)
Smoot–Hawley tariffs
social cohesion
socialism
South Africa
South Sea Bubble
sovereign default
sovereign wealth funds
Spain
special investment vehicles (SIVs)
Spencer, Herbert
stamp duty
Standard and Poor
sterling, weakening of
Stolper–Samuelson model
sub-prime lending
Sudan
Summers, Larry
Sunderland
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
tax havens
tax reliefs
television
Tett, Gillian
Thailand
Thames, River
Thatcher, Margaret
trade policy
Tremonti, Giulio
Trotsky, Leon
tulip bubble
Turkey
UBS
UK Financial Investments Ltd (UKFI)
UK population
Ukraine
unemployment
United States of America
and biofuels
car industry
and Chinese ‘vendor finance’
creditworthiness
‘culture wars’
family incomes
food production
foreign exchange deficit
government borrowing in
housing market
interest rates
labour unions
and New Deal
and oil
population and GDP
power generation
public attitudes in
and trade
US Congress
US dollar
US Federal Reserve
US Geological Survey
US Securities and Exchange Commission
US Senate
US Treasury
VAT
‘vendor finance’
Venezuela
Vietnam
Vietnam War
von Hayek, Friedrich
von Mises, Ludwig
Wachovia
Wadhwani, Sushil
Wall Street Crash
Washington consensus
Washington Mutual
water supplies
wealth inequalities
welfare payments
welfare states
wheat
Wolf, Martin
World Bank
World Food Programme
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Doha Round negotiations
xenophobia
Yom Kippur War
Yugoslavia, former
Zimbabwe