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Published 2 years ago
The relationship Carillion had with the auditors KPMG was too cosy, it was like the fox guarding the hen house
by Andy Bradley in Voices -
Published 2 years ago
No matter what airline anyone goes to it will never be the same, and that’s because they loved working for the company.
by Olivia Meredith in Voices -
Published 2 years ago
Friday I had a good job, Monday I’ve not got a job. Former colleagues still say it felt like a bereavement.
by Katy Walker in Voices -
Published 2 years ago
We never got our last pay, we had to claim that from the government but that didn’t include holiday pay and other things.
by Ross Topping in Voices -
Published 2 years ago
The BHS auditors turned a blind eye to the things that were going on. That almost cost workers their pension.
by Lin Macmillan in Voices -
Published 6 years ago
We met a drug dealer. He told us about his pension plan.
by Economy Team in Voices -
Published 7 years ago
“For me, the whole process has been unclear”
by Economy Team in Issues -
Published 7 years ago
Young people have a lot to say about Brexit
by Economy Team in Issues -
Published 7 years ago
Brexitannia could teach us all a little something about how to talk politics differently
by Victoria Waldersee in Voices -
Published 7 years ago
I joined the #wastefree movement for a week to find out how much going plastic free actually costs
by Ellie Clayton in Issues -
Published 7 years ago
Cleaners are still feeling the effects of the financial crisis
by Economy Team in Voices -
Published 7 years ago
Are investment bankers evil, or just misunderstood?
by Victoria Waldersee in Voices -
Published 7 years ago
Could monkeys run the financial system better than us?
by Victoria Waldersee in Voices -
Published 7 years ago
The women putting female empowerment on the union agenda
by Hannah Loosley in Issues -
Published 7 years ago
We spoke to the guy who’s trying to bring unions into the 21st century
by Economy Team in Issues -
Published 7 years ago
Working independently is harder than it should be. We’re doing something about it
by Asher Dresner in Issues -
Published 7 years ago
Would you pay more for McDonald’s if it meant staff were paid better?
by Economy Team in Issues -
Published 7 years ago
One family’s story shows how much has changed in East London’s housing market
by Victoria Waldersee in Voices -
Published 7 years ago
Four creative ways people are avoiding high house prices
by Ellie Clayton in Issues -
Published 7 years ago
What’s your experience of renting in London?
by Economy Team in Issues -
Published 7 years ago
“I thought spending more money would fix things. It didn’t”
by Economy Team in Issues -
Published 7 years ago
Have you ever been ripped off by hidden bank charges?
by Economy Team in Issues -
Published 7 years ago
I’m a nurse. This is how I feel about the public sector pay cap
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Published 8 years ago
We asked young people about the biggest change their country’s economy is facing
by Economy Team in Issues -
Published 8 years ago
Only 16% of the top earning celebrities are women
by Ellie Clayton in Entertainment -
Published 8 years ago
Why my bike was the best investment I ever made
by Emily Franklin in Voices -
Published 8 years ago
There’s a problem with Ivanka Trump’s feminism
by Andrea Maltman in Voices -
Published 8 years ago
I’ve lived all over the world. This housing crisis is everywhere
by Coleen Monroe-Knight in Issues -
Published 8 years ago
Ten things you might not know about life as an immigrant
by Coleen Monroe-Knight in Issues -
Published 8 years ago
We asked Oxford Street shoppers if consumerism is like a religion
by Economy Team in Voices -
Published 8 years ago
A priest, an imam, and a rabbi explain the economics of their religion to us
by Economy Team in Voices -
Published 8 years ago
Why do people think Jews are so successful?
by Daniel Lapedus in Voices -
Published 8 years ago
What it’s like to work in a Western office as a Muslim
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Published 8 years ago
We asked pro- and anti-Trump Christians what their faith says about his ideas
by Morven Oliver in Issues -
Published 8 years ago
We asked an ‘economics of religion’ professor to explain what her subject actually means
by Victoria Waldersee in Voices -
Published 8 years ago
We asked EU nationals in the UK about their lives after Brexit
by Economy Team in Issues -
Published 8 years ago
Farewell Washington! Bye bye London! Are we scrapping capital cities?
by J.Christopher Proctor in News -
Published 8 years ago
Meet the women making porn, for women
by Ellie Clayton in Issues -
Published 8 years ago
Meet the Taiwanese woman rebuilding her village with the power of DIY
by Sofia Quaglia in Voices -
Published 8 years ago
This Girl Can? Women react to #femvertising empowerment ads
by Economy Team in Issues -
Published 8 years ago
There was a conference about the future of industry in the north of England. So where were all the women?
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Published 8 years ago
The truth about being a single mum
by Katy Brent in Issues -
Published 8 years ago
We need to stop telling women they’re bad with money
by Daisy Buchanan in Issues -
Published 8 years ago
Nicaragua has found a new way to protect sex workers
by Samantha Eyler in Issues -
Published 8 years ago
Not investing into female engineers would be a big economic mistake
by Sarah Peers in Voices -
Published 8 years ago
I’m a model. Here’s how I feel about turning my body into a business
by Elsa Brisinger in Voices -
Published 8 years ago
IBM’s new super-smart computer makes me think a robot tax is a good idea
by Nina Weber in Issues -
Published 8 years ago
Twelve people got fired for not showing up for work on the Day Without Immigrants and people are really divided
by Kimberly Poff in Issues -
Published 8 years ago
Romanian anti-corruption protests might not unseat the government, but they’re still full of hope
by Brindusa Ioana Nastasa in Issues -
Published 8 years ago
We asked millennials around the world how they feel about marriage
by Economy Team in Voices -
Published 8 years ago
‘Would you break up for ten thousand pounds?’
by Economy Team in Voices -
Published 8 years ago
We asked Southern Rail drivers why they’re on strike
by Economy Team in Issues -
Published 8 years ago
We asked Santa Claus whether he likes his job. Here’s what he said
by Saman Sadeghi Afgeh in Voices -
Published 8 years ago
We asked 5th Avenue Christmas shoppers whether gifts are worth the hassle
by Sara Zayto in Voices -
Published 8 years ago
Why do we love looking at really, really old stuff so much?
by Ally Clifton in Voices -
Published 8 years ago
What’s the most valuable thing you own?
by Economy Team in Voices -
Published 8 years ago
We asked people if they would rather have more money, or more stuff
by Petros Poulopoulos in Voices -
Published 8 years ago
Brazil has zipped up the government wallet for twenty years. Here’s why
by Flavia Garcia in News -
Published 8 years ago
This artist makes sculptures out of other people’s rubbish. We asked her about it
by Economy Team in Voices -
Published 8 years ago
The #NoDAPL victory proves people power really does get stuff done
by Dalia Gebrial in Issues -
Published 8 years ago
Most Cuban Americans celebrated the death of Castro…but I wasn’t one of them
by Tyler August in Issues -
Published 8 years ago
It’s World AIDS Day – here’s the cost of the trauma and the stigma
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Published 8 years ago
“The best things in life are free” my ass. Here’s how much it costs to have sex in the UK
by Jasmine Andersson in Voices -
Published 8 years ago
Here’s why the death of the King of Thailand is such a big deal
by Wen-Yu Weng in News -
Published 8 years ago
What Bob Dylan taught me about the working man’s blues
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Published 8 years ago
We asked Athenians whether they think Greece’s economy is recovering. Here’s what they said
by Petros Poulopoulos in Voices -
Published 8 years ago
Economy Asks: What’s beer got to do with economics?
by Economy Team in Voices -
Published 8 years ago
Economy Asks: Vegans vs Carnivores
by Economy Team in Voices -
Published 8 years ago
Take a look at what these kids had to tell us about food
by Economy Team in Voices -
Published 8 years ago
Forty thousand ‘ugly’ lemons and the problem of food waste
by Daniel Lapedus in Issues -
Published 8 years ago
Economy Asks: should food ever be free?
by Economy Team in Voices -
Published 8 years ago
Meet the vegetarian café that’s fighting the vicious spiral of poor diet, poverty and mental illness
by Bernadette Hyland in Issues -
Published 8 years ago
A world of their own: Life inside the Calais and Idomeni refugee camps
by Elena Michael in Issues -
Published 8 years ago
Economy Asks: Chicago
by Economy Team in Voices -
Published 8 years ago
How football’s obsession with money divides the game into the haves and the have-nots
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Economy Asks: Southbank Skaters
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Isaac Mullins: why the real-life Billy Elliot wants to take yoga into prisons
by Economy Team in Voices -
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What do people really think of the Olympic Park four years after the London Games?
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Published 8 years ago
My town, Bienne: Steep mountains, steeper living
by Ernie Stairs in Voices -
Published 8 years ago
Dear David Davis, I’ve got a whole lot of unanswered questions about Brexit I’d like to ask please…
by Ben Irvine in News -
Published 8 years ago
Glitter, disco ball, drugs: I decided to keep a record of everything I spent at Glastonbury this year. Here’s how it added up
by Anonymous in Entertainment -
Published 8 years ago
Dear Theresa May, “making the country work for everyone” means making economics work for everyone
by Economy Team in Voices -
Published 8 years ago
I didn’t realize I lived in the middle of the ‘rust belt’, so I decided to find out exactly what it means
by Sara Zayto in Voices -
Published 9 years ago
They asked us what the economy is. We didn’t have a clue… until we realised it was us
by Think Forward in Voices -
Published 9 years ago
I decided to get rid of all my stuff and learned to live more with much less
by Regina Wong in Voices -
Published 9 years ago
A chance encounter showed me that my Brexit vote matters. So does yours
by Morven Oliver in News -
Published 9 years ago
Economy Asks: Southend-on-Sea – How has the ‘Brexit’ debate made you feel?
by Economy Team in News -
Published 9 years ago
Economy Asks: Hawaii
by Economy Team in Voices -
Published 9 years ago
Why do so many men in the financial sector commit suicide?
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Published 9 years ago
Kampala: The city as a marketplace
by Camilla Kuckartz in Voices -
Published 9 years ago
To EU, or not to EU, that is the question…
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Published 9 years ago
Ha-Joon Chang on why we all need to learn (some) economics
by Ha-Joon Chang in Issues -
Published 9 years ago
Talking about mental health is embarrassing, expensive, and difficult. This has got to change
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Published 9 years ago
My town, Detroit: from bankruptcy to boomtown?
by Sara Zayto in Voices -
Published 9 years ago
My town, LA: working like a demon in the City of Angels
by Priscilla Santoli in Voices -
Published 9 years ago
We spoke to Danny Dorling about inequality, the Panama Papers, and the power of a good map
by Economy Team in Issues -
Published 9 years ago
My town, Denver: cranes, costumes, craft beer and cannabis
by John Runnels in Voices -
Published 9 years ago
We asked London who runs the world’s economy. Surely not Donald Trump?
by Economy Team in Voices -
Published 9 years ago
“When you’re fifty, go wherever you like!” A poem on growth
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Published 9 years ago
Why benefit cuts for disabled people will only damage the UK economy
by Sharon Brennan in Issues -
Published 9 years ago
Economy Asks: Detroit
by Economy Team in Voices -
Published 9 years ago
“I’d feel like I could talk more about economics if…”
by Economy Team in Voices -
Published 9 years ago
Talking to my Granny taught me more about economics than my degree
by Charlie McCurdy in Voices -
Published 9 years ago
Economy Asks: London
by Economy Team in Voices -
Published 9 years ago
We really, really need to talk about money
by Dora Meade in Issues -
Published 9 years ago
Getting a bank account can be tricky when you’re homeless, so here’s how I did it
by DM Traylor in Issues -
Published 9 years ago
My journey from Post Office apprentice to UK Treasury economist