Why has the UK recovered so fast?

Summary:

* Cheap money, lower inflation, improving prospects in Europe have helped drive Britain's recovery. Austerity has not proved as great a drag on growth as some feared. Recovery is taking root, so much so that policymakers are mulling when and how to intervene to calm things down. Investment and consumer incomes seem close to a turning point, offering the prospect of broader-based growth to come. Markets are worrying less about UK growth. Speculation about the timing and means of monetary tightening are likely to move centre stage.

http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics/comments/macroeconomics-why-has-the-uk-recovered-so-fast

Same job different pay

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/show-me-your-money/4od

Quantitative easing

From BBC - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15198789

Bonds - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10093437

Video -money week -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWwL3Ttf0u4

Market place video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohKQP_wSO9k

The psychology of fairness

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03s718b

France - high productivity but increased stress

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/life-easy-in-land-of-the-35hour-week-generous-holidays-and-long-lunches-non-say-burntout-french-9091678.html

Interactive inequality website

As used by Max in his presentation.

http://inequality.is/

MPs pay rise: Danny Alexander MP says the rise would be 'wholly inappropriate'

The Liberal Democrat Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, has condemned an 11% pay rise for MPs.

The increase set to be unveiled next week by the Independent Parliamentary watchdog Ipsa, would see salaries go up to £74,000 in 2015.

Mr Alexander told Andrew Marr it would be "wholly inappropriate for MPs to get such a large pay rise at a time when every other public sector worker sees their pay rises capped at one per cent".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25288858

Ipsa said it had looked at increasing the current salary of £66,396 to anywhere between £73,365 and £83,430 (26% pay rise), but opted for the lower end "in recognition of the current difficult economic circumstances".

Danny Alexander - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Alexander