MoneyWeek Roundup: Why Ed Miliband is right

James McKeigue highlights the week's best pieces from the MoneyWeek team, including: why Ed Miliband is right; how to make money from China's slowdown; and is paying in cash wrong?

Olympic fever is gripping Britain and the FTSE 100 is climbing. So it's easier to forget the perilous state of the world economy. Yet the news here isn't good. And one of the biggest worries is China, says John Stepek in Tuesday's Money Morning.

"It's been clear for a while that China is slowing down quite sharply", says John. "Results from the latest manufacturing survey were worse than analysts expected. But for the really grim news you have to look at Chinese companies."

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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.