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Showing posts with label Investments and Profits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Investments and Profits. Show all posts
Thursday, October 1, 2026

Cooking the Books: Prisoners of the market (2026)

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The Cooking the Books column from the October 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard ‘Mounting costs are damaging business investment and und...
Sunday, June 1, 2025

Cooking the Books: The rich remained rich (2025)

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The Cooking The Books column from the June 2025 issue of the Socialist Standard ‘Why’, the Times asked a few days after Trump announced th...
Friday, November 15, 2024

Cooking the Books: The ‘overriding financial objective’ (2024)

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The Cooking the Books column from the November 2024 issue of the Socialist Standard ‘Pay ruling “threatens Next stores”’ read a headline in...
Thursday, May 16, 2024

Cooking the Books: Uninvestible (2024)

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The Cooking the Books column from the May 2024 issue of the  Socialist  Standard That was the word used by Chris Weston, the CEO of Thames W...
Friday, February 25, 2022

Those elusive profits. Economics from a Silk Hat. (1926)

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From the March 1926 issue of the Socialist Standard A few weeks ago the “ Daily Herald ” published extracts from the “ Economist ” showing ...
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Tuesday, May 11, 2021

BP’s profits and the pipeline (1971)

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From the June 1971 issue of the Socialist Standard In a full page spread of the Financial Times of 6 April, the British Petroleum Company ...
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Sunday, December 29, 2019

Cooking the Books: Cash Mountains (2019)

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The Cooking the Books column from the June 2019 issue of the Socialist Standard On the basis of figures released by the Office for N...
Sunday, December 1, 2019

Cooking the Books: Fantasy politics (and economics) (2019)

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The Cooking the Books column from the December 2019 issue of the Socialist Standard You can tell it’s election time. The parties are ...
Saturday, October 12, 2019

Battering down all Chinese Walls (1994)

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From the October 1994 issue of the Socialist Standard The last remaining bastions of the doomed "Socialism in One Country" e...
Saturday, March 16, 2019

Cooking the Books: A Thirst for Profits (2015)

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The Cooking the Books Column from the April 2015 issue of the Socialist Standard A study has confirmed that you can bring a horse to...
Thursday, August 23, 2018

So They Say: For Ever England (1973)

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The So They Say Column from the August 1973 issue of the Socialist Standard For Ever England The petrol companies have agreed to stop...
Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Must wages come down? (1931)

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From the January 1931 issue of the Socialist Standard A most deadly weapon in the armoury of the politicians who defend the interest...
Saturday, February 15, 2014

Cooking the Books: Cash Mountains - Why? (2012)

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The Cooking the Books column from the April 2012 issue of the Socialist Standard In his City column in the London Evening Standard (2...
Saturday, October 3, 2009

Cooking the Books: It isn’t over till it’s over (2009)

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The Cooking the Books column from the October 2009 issue of the Socialist Standard When the latest figures for business investment wer...
Thursday, November 16, 2006

Cooking the Books: Abnormal behaviour (2006)

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The Cooking the Books column from the November 2006 issue of the Socialist Standard The Bank of France is worried. Capitalist enterprises, ...
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