An end in sight to the banker's bonuses?
When they can pull themselves away from their framed copies of The Sun, the close of the Labour party conference offers the Conservatives some clear choices on economic policy and the banker
Darling's speech: populism meets old fashioned politics
Populism does not come more de-robed than what we will get on bankers from Labour’s pre-election conference. It starts today with the Chancellors speech. There will be an elaboration of the
Volcker and Blankfein on 'too big to fail'
Former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker and Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein on the wisdom of allowing big banks to fail.
Time for the City grandees to wake up
It was brave of Lord Turner to take his controversial take on the future of finance directly to an audience of black-tied bankers at the Mansion House. He was heckled, and the mood music in the
This Tory leak is a disaster for the Treasury
We have never seen this level of detail on a budget situation before. Much of what was implied or left out of the budget is stated in astonishing detail here. It is a total disaster for the
A rebellious mood in Liverpool
A harp has just been wheeled past me in the foyer of a hotel in Liverpool. I have never seen a fully encased harp before. I really did not expect to see that form of aural delectation of our union
Union boss warned Brown: 'You could be finished'
GMB boss Paul Kenny tells a private meeting at the TUC conference that he warned Gordon Brown he would be finished as a political force if he followed the Conservative spending cuts agenda.
TUC's dystopian vision of post-downturn Britain
As TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber addresses the TUC conference with talk of “social costs of Tory recessions”, the Conservatives have already won the fight to shift the argument
Chicago defends itself against Keynesian attacks
So in the battle for the soul of economics, Nobel prize-winner Paul Krugman declares victory for the New Keynesians. In a 6,700 word article for the New York Times magazine, Krugman uses the
G20 ministers not harsh enough – on themselves
London, the very source of the credit storm, is an entirely appropriate host for the G20 jamborees. This weekend it was the finance ministers and central bankers who whizzed through the City and
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