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Britain's answer to the recession: spend, spend, spend

| By Deborah Hyde | 02:35 | 15 March 2010

Woman in Selfriges with shopping bags and shoes

Lip-gloss, cereal bars and bottled water have all been added to the inflation basket of goods. Does this show a nation out-of-touch with economic reality?

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Steve Bee: We are a nation desperately in need of pension reform

| By Steve Bee | 12:01 | 14 March 2010

Our next government will have ensure that the voluntary savings habit that has fuelled our pension saving success in the past will spread to cover all those at work in the UK in the future.

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A Reader Writes: Capitalism works – it's politics that needs reforming

| By A Citywire Reader | 12:01 | 14 March 2010

Citywire reader Trufflehunter says capitalism has transformed all of our lives. It is the banking system that has failed.

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To fix or not to fix? That is my mortgage question

| By Deborah Hyde | 12:01 | 12 March 2010

Interest rates are going to go up, but when? What will it mean for my mortgage? And should I fix now at a higher rate to protect myself?

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The end of free banking would be a victory for the bankers

| By Bruce Janman | 08:01 | 11 March 2010

Current accounts that charge a monthly fee are a tribute to aggressive marketing rather than any inherent value in them. We shouldn't let the banks get away with it.

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Ten years on, what has the City learnt from the tech bubble?

| By Angus Foote | 01:04 | 10 March 2010

Nothing, it seems - City institutions are still happy to flog worthless ideas in the interests of a quick buck.

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House prices to crash! Yet again!

| By Richard Lander | 02:22 | 09 March 2010

Predicting a property disaster is easy; getting it right is harder – just ask Ed Stansfield of Capital Economics.

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Why compulsory dog insurance is a barking mad idea

| By Deborah Hyde | 11:29 | 09 March 2010

The government plans to force all dog owners to fork out £600 for complusory insurance.

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Is it fair to impose a £60k cap on redundancy payouts for civil servants?

| By Tony Bonsignore | 02:26 | 08 March 2010

And are 270,000 civil servants right to go on strike over the issue?

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