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 Triple-A. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Triple-A. Show all posts

February 11, 2012

Greece’s infantilization is nothing when compared to that of our banks.

Sir, you write that the eurozone’s approach to help Greece has been to infantilize it, “Let Greece stand on its own feet”, February 11. This...

September 03, 2011

But how can we sue the devil who tempted?

Sir in “Suing the banks”, September 3, you write “Those who made the mortgage mess should be accountable”. Indeed, and so I ask, where can w...

August 04, 2011

America, though undeserving, should remain a triple-A

Sir, Roger Altman in “Why America deserves to stay a triple A” August 4, argues as if a triple-A rating has something to do with a pure abso...

April 14, 2011

The truth about the crisis that the different silos, including FT’s, does not want or cannot see.

Sir, if all sovereign and private bank clients were paying the banks exactly the same risk-premiums, then the risk-weights used in Basel II ...

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