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Things worth reading: 16th November 2009

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Today's must read:

Tobin is not a mythical monster to frighten the City; it has a moral force - Guardian

"'The Tobin tax is like the Loch Ness monster; it appears once or twice a year, then goes away.' Otmar Issing, the former chief economist of the European Central Bank, evoked the sinuous Scottish beastie to dismiss the idea of a levy on financial transactions in a recent debate at the London School of Economics, echoing an exchange he had with its inventor, the late James Tobin, an American economist.
Unlike the mythical Nessie, the Tobin tax can no longer be written off as a product of unhinged or over-imaginative minds. Recent sightings are becoming more frequent and more credible; neither is the proposal in the least monstrous, as some in the financial sector would have you believe."

 

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Sir Philip Hampton: the era of big international banks is far from over - The Telegraph
John Varley's blueprint for successful and responsible banking - The Telegraph
Barclay's John Varley admits banks have 'much to be sorry for' - The Telegraph
John Paulson takes £1.45bn gamble on Citigroup - The Telegraph
Xavier Rolet, CEO of the London Stock Exchange - The Times
Madoff belongings go under the hammer - Financial Times

And finally ...

FSA treats mortgage lenders like 'drug dealers' says CML chief - The Telegraph
India is morphing into a global R&D hub, but can it ever take on Silicon Valley? - Techcrunch

Quote of the Day:

"Some day in the future our successors will find that, however good, the improvements our generation makes in the structure, regulation and supervision of the financial system will let them down."

Paul Tucker – Deputy Governor of the Bank of England


 

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