Opinion

When talking with bankers, they refer to banking as "a utility". It’s just something that’s there, like gas and electricity. It’s not valuable or differentiated and no-one wakes up wondering how their payment will take place. That’s why it’s not priced or serviced as something of value, but just thrown out there and use it…

In the final part of our six part series studying whether bankers are good or bad for society, we look at how banking might change tomorrow and particularly the influence of the Chinese and Islamic Financing principles: Part One: Why Bankers are essential for society Part Two: A Bankers pivotal role between good and bad…

In the final part of our six part series studying whether bankers are good or bad for society, we look at how banking might change tomorrow and particularly the influence of the Chinese and Islamic Financing principles: Part One: Why Bankers are essential for society Part Two: A Bankers pivotal role between good and bad…

This is the third part in a series that looks at whether bankers are good or bad for society: Part One: Why Bankers are essential for society Part Two: A Bankers pivotal role between good and bad Part Three: A Bankers' role in religion Part Four: Bankers in historical booms and busts Part Five: Bankers…

I gave a speech at Gresham College last week that started as a little white paper and ended up being a 30-page monolith.  As it's worth sharing, in fact it may even become a book, the paper will be published here in six parts this week and next, covering: Part One: Why Bankers are essential…