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This bonus rage is just envy
It’s bonus season and, as in previous years*, the media and politicians stir up a row over rich pickings and knighthoods. Some say there’s even a “whiff of the lynch mob” in the air. Certainly in the UK it’s getting ridiculous as this week we saw the hysterical media coverage over Stephen Hester getting a million…
This bonus rage is just envy
It’s bonus season and, as in previous years*, the media and politicians stir up a row over rich pickings and knighthoods. Some say there’s even a “whiff of the lynch mob” in the air. Certainly in the UK it’s getting ridiculous as this week we saw the hysterical media coverage over Stephen Hester getting a million…
Amartya Sen: thoughts on poverty and the global financial crisis
I attended an interesting lecture last night from an economic legend: Professor Amartya Sen of Harvard University. If you haven’t heard of him, he’s known as the Mother Teresa of economics in his native India, and has spent a lifetime fighting poverty with analysis rather than activism. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in…
Amartya Sen: thoughts on poverty and the global financial crisis
I attended an interesting lecture last night from an economic legend: Professor Amartya Sen of Harvard University. If you haven’t heard of him, he’s known as the Mother Teresa of economics in his native India, and has spent a lifetime fighting poverty with analysis rather than activism. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in…
The euro will go on, and on, and on …
Over the weekend, Standard & Poor’s downgraded nine Eurzone countries, calling into question the viability of the Eurozone for the long term. France was downgraded to a level not seen since 1975. Italy is now considered the same credit risk as Kazakhstan. Portugal’s credit has now reached junk status. “This is not a catastrophe”, the…
The euro will go on, and on, and on …
Over the weekend, Standard & Poor’s downgraded nine Eurzone countries, calling into question the viability of the Eurozone for the long term. France was downgraded to a level not seen since 1975. Italy is now considered the same credit risk as Kazakhstan. Portugal’s credit has now reached junk status. “This is not a catastrophe”, the…
Eurocrash! The Musical
One of the good friends of the Financial Services Club is David Shirreff, European Business Correspondent for the Economist. David’s written a few amusements outside work, including a couple of musicals. The last one was Broke Brittania, a musical all about our wonderful Gordon Brown and his attempts to destroy Britain’s economy (Ed: did I say…
Eurocrash! The Musical
One of the good friends of the Financial Services Club is David Shirreff, European Business Correspondent for the Economist. David’s written a few amusements outside work, including a couple of musicals. The last one was Broke Brittania, a musical all about our wonderful Gordon Brown and his attempts to destroy Britain’s economy (Ed: did I say…
2012: a bank customer outlook
Some folks asked me to add a fourth outlook to my 2012 series regarding what customer focused trends would be occuring in 2012. Now I'm a fintech guy with a strong marketing background, and was going to write a long analysis of customer outreach – or is that outrage? – strategies for banks in 2012,…
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