Mafioso bankers and my part in their downfall
ON Thursday, two bankers and four consultants were jailed for their part in a £245 million loans scandal which caused […]
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Classic over-reach as Goodwin boasted about RBS’s immensity
The factsheet put together by RBS’s communications executive and deputy chief economist Andrew Wilson in February 2007 pleased his master
Joris Luyendijk: Don’t blame the bankers; it’s the system that must change
When trying to interview bankers and other City of London insiders for his Guardian banking blog three years ago —
Bill Black: We’ve given bankers a licence to defraud
Video courtesy of the Institute of New Economic Thinking (INET), William K Black was interviewed by Marshall Auerback As a
St. Antony’ halo slips over Barclays bonuses and job losses
Most bank chief executives, when describing the need to rebuild their institutions, restore profitability and regain people’s trust in the
The Economist loses the plot with this pro-City propaganda
I was surprised and disappointed when I opened my copy of The Economist on Friday morning. The magazine is running
Looks like Fred Goodwin may face criminal charges after all
The FSA spent an estimated £10m on its report into the failure of RBS, including £7.7m paid to ‘Big Four’
The FSA’s cosy deals are a travesty of regulation
Ever since its failures as a regulator first became widely apparent with the collapse of Northern Rock in September 2007, the UK’s
St Paul’s Institute shines a light on the City’s dark heart
The bizarre contortions that the Church of England got itself into over the protesters who are camping outside St Paul’s
Ry Cooder | No banker left behind
In his new song, “No Banker Left Behind”, Ry Cooder channels Woody Guthrie to expose the havoc bankers have wrought
An Irish financier tells it like it is
“Greed, greed, and more fecking greed.” This video was available on YouTube last year. Then it disappeared. But it is
Reinventing finance
The financial crisis that reached its height in Sept-Oct 2008 has presented a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reinvent finance, ensuring it
Scottish Agenda: Quiet assassins wait in the wings for bankers
An ousting is more likely to prove successful if shareholders gang up behind the scenes than if they shout their