The problems that plagued Wall Street were variously cast in the last American election as individual greed and deregulation. The solution—it seems to me—lies somewhere in between. A provocative piece I enjoyed this morning on The End of Wall Street, … Continue reading →

I was reviewing the Uni student newspaper where I teach part-time and got very annoyed by a passing headline, “An Economy that Doesn’t Deserve Bailing Out”. David Brooks—one of my favourite New York Times columnists—summarizes nicely why I think this … Continue reading →