Brickonomics

What revelations are there in the insolvency figures?

If Pestilence is the diseased financial system War is contractual and trade disputes Famine is the lack of orders Then Death must be measured by the insolvency figures. And they do look a bit on the pale side. The base...

Posted by Brian on May 1, 2009 11:11 AM

Cold snap may prompt early collapse of weakened construction firms, says CEBR

It is good to see that the chill wind hasn't frozen the work produced by the economists at the consultancy CEBR. Here is one piece of cogitation that caught my eye. CEBR's chief economist Douglas McWilliams has done a "quick...

Posted by Brian on February 2, 2009 12:47 PM