“Eye-watering”. This was the term the Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom used to describe the growing gap between senior executive and average worker compensation. The big…
“Eye-watering”. This was the term the Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom used to describe the growing gap between senior executive and average worker compensation. The big…
Many criticise calls for further action by competition authorities as being anti-business. In this newsletter we argue that nothing could be further from the truth….
Now we have a new government, one of the pressing issues with which it must deal, much talked of during the election campaign, is the…
Letter published in the Financial Times, 8 January 2020 It is hard to reconcile the push by some investment companies for chief executives to purchase…
This blog is a belated tribute to one of the finest and most thoughtful financial titans, and probably the only one I ever met –…
As of December 11th the WTO appellate body will cease to function following US refusal to appoint new judges. In effect, the WTO dispute resolution…
As we enter the final weeks of the election, the latest numbers from the housing sector do not make for pretty reading. Britain’s housing market…
NOTE: Limited seating availability. Click RSVP button for tickets Since the 2008 financial crash, monetary policy has played an outsized role in political economies around…
For three decades, central banks promised us they would take care of the economy. Fiscal policy, we were told, was toothless. Monetary policy would ensure…
A well-functioning financial services sector is a key part of an economy that produces goods and services that citizens need and want. Without capital to…
The latest decision from the European Central Bank to reactivate quantitative easing to revitalise the comatose Eurozone economy has been met with scepticism — this…
Central banks have come to dominate economic policy in all major economies. This is problematic. It raises questions about the legitimacy of central bank independence…