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Archive for December, 2009

Why Another Unsustainable Housing Boom Could Be Great for Britain

‘An Englishman’s home is his castle’ – so the saying goes, and so the evidence suggests. But there are signs the ongoing British obsession…

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Posted by Chris Baraniuk in Hot Money | December 4, 2009 11:42AM | 6 Comments »


Emerging Market Funds are Better than Cheap Plonk

We sip wine, we gulp water. Good manners? Actually, basic economics. Water is relatively abundant and cheap, wine scarce and dear.

So if

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Posted by John Rapley in Hot Money | December 3, 2009 1:04PM | 1 Comment »


The Carbon Capture and Sequestration Experiment

Britain’s Carbon Capture and Sequestration Experiment

As scientists and now our political leaders insist we ‘go green’ to save the planet, you’d think that coal, the filthiest of all fossil…

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Posted by Kieron Bryan in Green Rush | December 3, 2009 12:47PM | 4 Comments »


Ignore the Doomsayers, Copenhagen Could See a Breakthrough on Climate Change

Ignore the Doomsayers, Copenhagen Could See a Breakthrough on Climate Change

The UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen (COP-15) was supposed to be the make or break summit. Gordon Brown gave us “fewer than 50 days to…

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Posted by Kieron Bryan in Green Rush | December 2, 2009 1:37PM | 6 Comments »


The Neuroadvertising Paradox

The Neuroadvertising Paradox

Advances in neuroscience are being adopted by marketing and advertising industries keen to show the efficacy of their communication in an era of falling

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Posted by Matthew de Abaitua in Creative Economy | December 2, 2009 9:35AM | 2 Comments »


The New Bad Idea Website

Welcome to the new incarnation of Bad Idea online – here are some of the exciting new features you’ll find on our refreshed website:

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Posted by Jack Roberts in Other | December 1, 2009 6:04PM | No Comments »