One of the paradoxes of modern business is that firms have never had so little need of capital or so much involvement with capital markets.
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Sinister or silly, protest politicians are united in grievance
08 May 2013, Financial Times
The inability of democratic politics to handle the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis has threatened to undermine the apparent consensus on liberal democracy and lightly regulated capitalism that emerged following the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Fannie Mae is a needless and risky model for UK housing
01 May 2013, Financial Times
Ambiguity is often attractive to politicians and costly to taxpayers.
Sovereign Scots may have to drop sterling
24 April 2013, Financial Times
If I represented the Scottish government in the extensive negotiations required by the creation of an independent state, I would try to secure a monetary union with England, and expect to fail.
Fair value is not the same as market price
17 April 2013, Financial Times
The growth of the trading culture has encouraged the belief that the only measure of value is what someone is willing to pay. But this is a mistake.
Prosperity requires more than rule of law
10 April 2013, Financial Times
When the Chinese ask how to establish the institutions to support a stable, prosperous economy, it is not enough to mumble: “Property rights and rule of law – go to Denmark and see.”
Bungled bailout heralds shift in attitudes
03 April 2013, Financial Times
The belief that the right response to the failures of Basel I and II is a more elaborate version of the same global regime is a triumph of hope over experience.
New York’s wonder shows planners’ limits
27 March 2013, Financial Times
If unplanned social interactions are the key to a vibrant city, they are also the key to a vibrant organisation.
On the brink of a shadow drink industry
20 March 2013, Financial Times
Restriction of business on moral grounds is not always unsuccessful but measures have to be applied with great care.
Politicians bow to pressures to bend data
13 March 2013, Financial Times
For a time, the coalition government seemed willing to let figures tell their own story rather than one written by their political advisers; but that time seems to have passed.
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