Jane Austen could grace £10 banknotes, Mervyn King says

Pride and Prejudice author is 'quietly waiting in the wings', according to outgoing Bank of England governor

Interest rate rises not imminent despite market turmoil, says Mervyn King

US counterpart Ben Bernanke 'not announcing end of QE' despite sell-off in world stock markets, outgoing Bank governor tells MPs

James Davies’s top 10 psychiatry critiques

The author of Cracked selects a battery of books that challenge received wisdom about mental illness and how to treat it

Population 10 Billion by Danny Dorling – review

A myth-busting analysis of population growth is refreshingly free of doomsday rhetoric, writes John Kampfner

Money: The Unauthorised Biography by Felix Martin – review

A timely and entertaining history of money challenges not only capitalism but our entire notion of what currency is, writes Ian Birrell

Starting an independent bookshop

With local bookshops disappearing by the day, it's a challenging sector for startup businesses. Adam Pollard offers some advice

Apple in court over ebook price-fixing accusations

Company has refused to settle over claims that it conspired with publishers to raise the price of products in the US

The nine lives of Felix Dennis: “I’ve lived an unbelievable life, even if I did do my best to kill myself”

Last year, the multi-millionaire publishing mogul and drug-addled dissolute Felix Dennis was diagnosed with throat cancer. But don't count him out yet, he tells Sean O'Hagan

The Body Economic by David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu; When the Money Runs Out by Stephen D King – review

Two books judging international responses to the financial crisis will make uncomfortable reading for David Cameron – and us all, writes Iain Morris

Amazon faces whistleblower’s claims over UK business tax practices

Margaret Hodge, chair of public accounts committee, signals company interview to come on tax arrangements

Fresh questions for Amazon over pittance it pays in tax

Exclusive: Guardian investigation shows key role of British-based staff in pushing tax rulebook to its limits

From Suffolk book plant to British readers but will novel generate UK tax?

Journey of new novel shows how book printed and published in Britain – and bought on Amazon – is taxed in Luxembourg

Financial Times faces weak advertising market, says parent company

Pearson predicts difficult first quarter for newspaper, with total group revenues down 1% year on year to £1.2bn. By Mark Sweney

From Batman to Iron Man: the super-rich superheroes

Michael Moran: Money is the real superpower as vendettas dominate plotlines – when did these guys stop championing the oppressed?

How Do We Fix This Mess? by Robert Peston – review

Robert Peston offers an exemplary guide to the causes of the financial crisis, writes Chris Mullin