Tea with FT

As a former Executive Director of the World Bank I know that the columnists of the Financial Times have more voice than what I ever had, and therefore they might need some checks-and-balances.

Would a child shouting out “the Emperor is naked” have his observation published in FT? Would he now need a PhD for that to happen?

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Showing posts with label 35%. Show all posts
September 22, 2018

The pulmonary capacity of banks went from unlimited, through 62.5, 35.7 to 12.5 times of allowed leverage. Where do you think bubbles were blown?

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Sir, I refer to John Authers review of “Ray Dalio’s” “ A Template for Understanding Big Debt Crises ” September 22, 2018. I have not re...
June 06, 2018

Yes, cities can be great, but these can also be dangerous bombs in the making.

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Sir, Edward Luce writes about how trying to attract big companies like Amazon to the cities might make it harder on the poor in the city. “...
April 28, 2018

Few things are as risky as letting besserwisser technocrats operate on their own, without adult supervision.

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Sir, Martin Wolf when discussing Mariana Mazzucato’s “The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy” writes: “In her ent...
March 07, 2018

The Basel Committee’s tariffs of 35% risk weight on residential mortgages and 100% on loans to entrepreneurs, is pure protectionism.

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Sir, Martin Wolf, with respect to President Trumps’ indication that “he would sign an order this week imposing global tariffs of 25 per cen...
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