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Who can be trusted after the financial crisis?

Just found a great paper by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) titled: "Who can be trusted after the financial crisis?" Using extensive research across the EU, Commission, ECB and more, they draw four main conclusions: "First, our analysis of the impact of the financial crisis on confidence in the European institutions shows a…

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Banking for good and bad

Wow!  As the debate rages on, it amazes me how the topic I chose in February for the Gresham lecture has just become so topical.  For example, everyone on London and Wall Street are now talking about the social purpose of banks, whether God and banking is compatible, and whether they are good or bad….

Banking for good and bad

Wow!  As the debate rages on, it amazes me how the topic I chose in February for the Gresham lecture has just become so topical.  For example, everyone on London and Wall Street are now talking about the social purpose of banks, whether God and banking is compatible, and whether they are good or bad….

Things worth reading: 10th November 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: Monetary Policy before, during and after the financial crisis, Speech by Jürgen Stark, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB Top bankers could face veto, says head of Financial Services Authority (Guardian) FSA to veto 'unethical' bankers from jobs (Times) FSA threatens jail in City…

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Things worth reading: 10th November 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: Monetary Policy before, during and after the financial crisis, Speech by Jürgen Stark, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB Top bankers could face veto, says head of Financial Services Authority (Guardian) FSA to veto 'unethical' bankers from jobs (Times) FSA threatens jail in City…

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America is bleeding

A lot of American sites are looking at the issues of unemployment right now. For example, there's some fascinating charts from Nathan at Flowing Data which show the impact across the nation, with US unemployment shooting up by four percentage points from 5.8% to 9.8% between 2008 and 2009 (doubleclick to enlarge):  Bearing in mind…

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America is bleeding

A lot of American sites are looking at the issues of unemployment right now. For example, there's some fascinating charts from Nathan at Flowing Data which show the impact across the nation, with US unemployment shooting up by four percentage points from 5.8% to 9.8% between 2008 and 2009 (doubleclick to enlarge):  Bearing in mind…

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Update from First Direct’s CEO on their social experiment

Matt Colebrook, First Direct's Chief Executive, has just written his initial observations about their social media experiment.  Interesting words: “It’s now over four weeks since we launched our pioneering ‘live’ site and we’ve been overwhelmed with how it’s been received, over 2000 comments to date on a wide variety of topics. “We’ve also seen a…

Things worth reading: 2nd November 2009

Things we're reading today include … UK Banks Break-up Banks face a week of reckoning (Independent)Darling & Kroes: Our banks’ future in their hands (Independent)Alistair Darling to break up RBS and Lloyds as he banks on reform (Times)Alistair Darling to outline plans to spend £30 billion buying bank shares (Telegraph)Royal Bank of Scotland to be 84%…

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Things worth reading: 2nd November 2009

Things we're reading today include … UK Banks Break-up Banks face a week of reckoning (Independent)Darling & Kroes: Our banks’ future in their hands (Independent)Alistair Darling to break up RBS and Lloyds as he banks on reform (Times)Alistair Darling to outline plans to spend £30 billion buying bank shares (Telegraph)Royal Bank of Scotland to be 84%…

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