The Lives of Others
I wrote earlier about PRISM and my thoughts on that, correctly categorised I think, as a rant. Today’s entertainment is definitely political though. The question being addressed is simple. What […]
Banks Contribution
The UK banking industry remains the biggest single annual contributor to the nations finances. The amount of revenue it provides to the government surpasses that of North Sea oil. But […]
Irresponsible Lending
The words “irresponsible lending” have become a popular snort in response to the perceived behaviour of “the banks” – a poorly defined group of companies presumably referring to retail banks, […]
Banker Bashing
The amount of credit in an economy is governed ( how often that word crops up when on this subject ! ) by the controls and levers held by the […]
Banks and the Governance of Credit
A bit about banks, and the pervasiveness of the belief that banks govern credit. It was a political decision to allow credit to balloon. The means to effect this are […]