ConDems new housing tax?

Reading between the lines and with tinfoil hat firmly in place, I either sense a new tax in the offing or I have been out in the midday sun for too long today. Take the following snippets from the Coalition Program (pdf) : We will retain energy performance...

Total Global Debt

Something I have been pondering for a few days now is just how much global debt there is and how it has changed over the last year. A little searching lead me to The Economist and their interactive  global debt comparison tool. The current estimate (at the time of...