"Misalignment"

From the BBC : The study, based on a survey of 11,000 13- to 16-year-olds, is an attempt to map the job ambitions of teenagers against the e...

Boo hoo! Ah diddums! Etc!

Emailed in by MBK, from The Telegraph : According to analysis by ratings agency Moody’s, there are about 52,000 borrowers aged over 60 in th...

Cyprus debt-for -equity swap: update

Mike "Mish" Shedlock in the comments at Golem XIV links to his own blog where he in turn posts an email from somebody who has do...

Fun Online Polls: The Weather & Press Regulation

On a good turnout of 105 votes, thanks to everybody who took part, the responses to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows : How h...

"The Treasury, which is sensitive to charges that it massaged the figures..."

Via BobE, from The Guardian : The changes [to long term care funding] will be funded by introducing the new single-tier pension in 2016, a y...

"Syria: Arms embargo relaxation would ease distress, says Hague"

From the BBC : A failure to supply weapons to rebel fighters in Syria would add to the risk of "extreme economic distress" in the ...

Home-Owner-Ist logic: More supply = higher prices

From the BBC : A million home owners who do not live full time in their property could see their council tax rocket in April, as most automa...