Greed
Railways are too important to run on greed
Today in Britain some of the highest train fares in Europe co-exist alongside some extremely low rates of electrification and embarrassingly shoddy services.
By James Bloodworth | Notebook, Opinion | Monday, 20 August 2012 at 11:55 am
Bob Diamond was always greedy and dangerous
Martin Taylor, a former chief executive of Barclays, writing in the Financial Times today, provides more evidence of Bob Diamond’s greed and bad judgement.
By Ben Chu | Eagle Eye, Econoblog | Monday, 9 July 2012 at 11:46 am
The Olympics and the Jubilee distract from the real issues this summer
“Everyone” is getting geared up for the summer of celebration, or at least so the Establishment tells us. But these are welcome diversions from more serious issues, says James Bloodworth.
By James Bloodworth | Notebook, Olympics, Opinion | Wednesday, 9 May 2012 at 4:00 am
The Thatcherite “glorification of greed”
John Kay articulates the sort of post-Thatcher/post-Blair economic argument that Ed Miliband sounds like he is reaching for.
By Ben Chu | Eagle Eye, Econoblog | Thursday, 29 September 2011 at 10:56 am
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