As those with no savings sink further into debt, the collapse in the number of housing transactions has implications not just for the property industry but the whole economy argues _Barry Mason_.

Let us be clear, says Satish Kumar, money is not wealth. And unless we reform and redesign our money system the idea of sustainability, social justice and spiritual renewal will remain a mirage.

_Simon Whelan_ describes how the uninterrupted growth of wealth amongst the already super-rich is taking place amidst a period of extreme economic turbulence, during which the living standards of working people have fallen sharply.

Is greed is good as the Minister for Business and Enterprise would have us believe, asks Julian Dobson

The City of London has become a tax haven for the super-rich, overseen by Gordon Brown with, alarmingly, no complaints from Mayor Ken Livingstone. Patrick Ward looks at the history and humbug that props up the square mile and leaves neighbouring boroughs cash-starved