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 unknowns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label unknowns. Show all posts
October 18, 2018

The dangers of the unknown unknowns are greater than those of the known unknowns.

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Sir, Martin Wolf asks, “Is it possible to know the state of the UK public finances under present conditions?” He answers “No. The unknowns ...
December 01, 2017

Martin Wolf, a country needs its elites to inspire much more the “possible” than to preach the “impossible”.

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Sir, in “ Way back Home ”, about his World War II days, we hear Rod Stewart singing: “we always kept the laughter and the smile upon our fa...
November 11, 2017

Perceptions change realities. In banking, what’s perceived risky is safe and what’s perceived safe is dangerous

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Sir, John Authers writes: “It is not the risks we worry about that harm us. It is what Donald Rumsfeld once called the “unknown unknowns” t...
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