The National Audit Office ought to be reporting: “Tiny investment reaps massive reward for government bailout”.
Posts Tagged ‘Banking’
1 Dec
An overdose of Conservatism
Freethinking Economist finds himself listening to statist conservative miserabilism and their opprtunistic financial reform plans. He thanks God for the pungent scepticism of Anthony Hilton
17 Nov
In economics, politics matters
It may be politics that prevents us doing the right things to get us out of this mess – hand in hand with Wrong Diagnosis and Vengeance
11 Nov
Important news buried in dull headlines, part 1
Bank refinancing costs, continued soaring London prices. Important news is often buried in tiny headlines
28 Oct
And the prize for the worst economic advice of the day goes to . ..
Bloomberg news find almost the worst possible economic advice for the UK. John Kay’ss recipe for narrow banking is smacked down by Goodhart, and me a few weeks before
23 Oct
Now can we please talk about something else?
now that we have all outcompeted each other for showing how much we all hate Nick Griffin, boring Mr Wilkes moves back onto the stuff that will actually make a difference to our future lives: the money, the banks, the money . . . ,.
11 Oct
Giving conspiracy theories a bad name
Hollywood is dismal when it comes to explaining how finance really works against people
28 Sep
Couple of excellent Brad De Long analyses of Chicago economics
DeLong’s continuous crusade against Freshwater continues
24 Sep
How big is the financial sector? Lower. No, lower than that.
Ridiculous scare stories about the depenedence of the UK on silly and unsustainable financial services need to be scotched.
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