MoneyWeek Roundup: Britain’s economy is still broken

James McKeigue highlights the week's best pieces from the MoneyWeek team, including: things don't look good for the economy; what to buy instead of Facebook; and what happened to all the bees?

This week, Europe's leaders met for the umpteenth debt crisis summit. But about the only thing they could agree on was the need to arrange another summit for June.

There was also bad news closer to home when the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed the UK's recession is deeper than they thought.

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James McKeigue

James graduated from Keele University with a BA (Hons) in English literature and history, and has a certificate in journalism from the NCTJ. James has worked as a freelance journalist in various Latin American countries.He also had a spell at ITV, as welll as wring for Television Business International and covering the European equity markets for the Forbes.com London bureau. James has travelled extensively in emerging markets, reporting for international energy magazines such as Oil and Gas Investor, and institutional publications such as the Commonwealth Business Environment Report. He is currently the managing editor of LatAm INVESTOR, the UK's only Latin American finance magazine.