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 prudence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prudence. Show all posts
February 23, 2022

For inflation, where the money supply goes, matters a lot too

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Sir, I refer to Martin Wolf’s “ The monetarist dog is having its day ”, FT February 23. Yes, the money supply impacts inflation, no doubts b...
August 08, 2014

Prudence is ok. But prudence on top of prudence is very dangerous too!

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Sir, William Rhodes holds that “ Without prudence as a value we are all at risk ” August 8. Absolutely, that is only as long as we are prud...
January 24, 2011

How should then bank regulators be paid?

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Sir, I fully agree with the wisdom of deferring the payment of bonuses to bankers in order to establish that the reasons for earning them we...
March 25, 2010

But it is also high time to stop rewarding perceived prudence.

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Sir John Plender is very right in that “It is time to stop punishing prudence” by treating equity more fair when comparing to how debt is re...
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