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In 1844 the Bank of England broke the law by printing money it didn’t have backed by gold in its vaults in order to keep afloat banks who’d lent too much too quickly to new capitalists industrialists and would have gone bankrupt if the …

“Maybe the money was spent not on what was needed but instead on what someone wanted to spend it on,” Putin told top sports officials that he summoned for a grilling Friday about Russia’s worst-ever performance at the Winter Games. …

German director Erin Wagenhofer’s 2008 film, Let’s Make Money, is an in-depth examination of the global economic and financial system in the age of neo-liberalism. Beautifully filmed, with locations from a number of locations around the …

The launch of Virgin Money comes at a time when consumers have lost confidence in existing High Street banks following the financial crisis and Sir Richard wants to take advantage of this, giving Virgin the opportunity to quickly gain a …

Libya’s u n ambassador abuzaid omar dordah, blaming the council’s stand on the united after a public outcry, sofaer’s firm at the time withdrew and returned the money. Libya embassy legalization, libya embassy certification, …

Maybe cos Comrade JuliArse Dilemna and his cronies are in charge of the coffers.What about the bazillions stolen by the ANC in way or another.My money is already on its way to an offshore account.sorry folks but I am not willingly going …

Comparisons of amounts of money over time are rendered meaningless by inflation, especially given that defense costs tend to increase more rapidly than costs in the civilian economy… Measuring defense spending as a percentage of GDP …

Plastic money lasts anywhere from two or five times longer than paper money, performs better in vending machines, and is harder to counterfeit. And unlike paper currency, plastic money doesn’t shed tiny bits of ink and dust that can …

Over at Public Discourse, Acton’s Samuel Gregg has just published a piece about the future of money. The issuance of money, he writes, is often associated with issues of national sovereignty, despite the fact that governments have long …

Government insiders told the FT that the chancellor intended to use the money for “small targeted measures”, perhaps including schemes to tackle high youth unemployment and industrial support. Of course, in his Budget, expected on March …