Soros is right
On multiple fronts…
Sensible regulation of financial markets hobbled by lobbying
No surprise there, after reading this first..
Things can’t continue as they are
es, the social contract is unraveling and we fear these examples set a very bad precedent, increasing opportunistic behaviour elsewhere..
Is Europe an economic disaster?
Common knowledge has it. But is it right? Well…
Globalization 2.0
Actually, 3.0 if you count the period from roughly 1870 to 1914 as the first period of true globalization…
Volcker is right once again
Restore the law that could have saved us from so much trouble….
Voting against financial regulation??
In the face of what happened the past years? Difficult to explain, unless one looks at how the political process works… Not always to the advantage of the nation.
How to mend the financial system
Simon Johnson is the former chief economist of the IMF. When he speaks one should listen. He previously wrote by far the best diagnosis of what’s wrong with American financial […]
Taxing the banks?
An idea launched from a surprising corner (nominally) socialist British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. But is it any good?
Bailed-Out Banks Setting Stage for Pay Bonanza
Will they ever learn…