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Chris Cook

Chris Cook is a former market regulator latterly as a Director of the International Petroleum Exchange, and an entrepreneur, market commentator and consultant in the area where internet and markets converge. In recent years he has been working with the Nordic Enterprise Trust to develop new partnership frameworks for "Peer to Peer" investment and credit, which he optimistically believes have the potential to completely change the global economy from the ground up."

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Gasoline allies or gasoline alleys?

Gasoline allies or gasoline alleys? The Chris Cook Economics 3.0 column I was interested to see that the US is planning to impose sanctions on gasoline supplies into Iran, with a view to applying pressure...
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One year after Lehman: banks and "the prerogative of the harlot"

One year after Lehman: banks and "the prerogative of the harlot" By Chris Cook When history is written, the collapse of Lehman Brothers will be seen as a moment which defined the collapse of a complete economic paradigm and its accompanying...
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Society is the guarantee

The Chris Cook Economics 3.0 column The concept of a Guarantee Society is not a new one. The AECM, which was founded in 1992, now links together Guarantee Societies in...
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QE or not QE, that is the question

QE or not QE, that is the question The Chris Cook Economics 3.0 column I recently posted here on the possibility of consolidating existing dated UK gilt-edged debt into two new pools of undated debt. This perceived attack...
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Debt free or date free: what can we do with our national debt?

Debt free or date free: what can we do with our national debt? The Chris Cook Economics 3.0 column There was an interesting piece of financial pornography in the Financial Times yesterday by Professor Michael Hudson, who was US Congressman Dennis Kucinich's economic...
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From well to wheel: developing the new generation of urban transport

From well to wheel: developing the new generation of urban transport By Chris Cook There are few more contentious subjects in Edinburgh at the moment than the Edinburgh Tram. This project is currently running into massive problems as the streets are...
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Squaring the circle

Squaring the circle The Chris Cook Economics 3.0 column One of the hot topics in the US at the moment is Health Reform, since it is widely recognised that the US system is...
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Vestas: a Q & A

Vestas: a Q & A The Chris Cook Economics 3.0 column The following questions originate from an official in the Isle of Wight. The answers - brutally honest at times - come from one...
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A bridge too far

A bridge too far By Chris Cook I was interested to read the other day that a plan to raise the bridge tolls on the Humber Bridge – already the most expensive in the...
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Employees InVestas

Employees InVestas By Chris Cook Despite the outbreak of Vestas diaries, I felt I had to post on this subject as well, since I'm actively working on a municipal wind turbine project...
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