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Feb 14, 2013
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Jan 29, 2013
Central bank hot air pumps up bond bubble
The key lies in predicting when investors will run out of puff
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COMMENT
Jan 13, 2013
A history of hubris and flawed hypotheses
‘Misunderstanding Financial Crises’, by Gary B. Gorton is a sweeping study of economists’ repeated failure to predict crashes
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COMMENT
Dec 11, 2012
The aims of central bank independence
A summary of the models and goals
- Monetary policy Back under control
- Candidates vie for BoJ governorship
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COMMENT
Dec 10, 2012
Monetary policy: Back under control
Attacks on central bank independence are on the rise, but nowhere more than in Japan
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COMMENT
Dec 6, 2012
Make simplicity a priority in banking
The case strengthens the arguments for a far greater capital cushion
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COMMENT
Sep 6, 2012
The weakest will win in the euro battle
Strategy of moralistic fiscalism potentially sabotages th good intentions
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COMMENT
Aug 23, 2012
Britain will be stuck in a fiscal straitjacket
For every year the budget continues in deficit the arithmetic of debt will extend the recovery period
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COMMENT
Aug 16, 2012
Corporate cash power is holding the state hostage
The relationship between business and the state has shifted
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COMMENT
Aug 9, 2012
StanChart is a reminder of banking’s insatiable greed
Regulatory response to scandals could lead to fragmentation of the global financial system
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COMMENT
Jul 6, 2012
How traders trumped Quakers
Shedding light on the culture shift that led to the Libor scandal
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COMMENT
Jun 1, 2012
New Man from the Pru must heed investors
Paul Manduca will have to earn his salary
Apr 24, 2012
The high cost of disorderly deleveraging
Dysfunctional relationship with the real economy must be tackled
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COMMENT
Apr 20, 2012
Battle is joined on bonuses – at long last
Bankers’ pay is one of history’s great heists
Apr 10, 2012
Spain’s crisis exposes limits of ECB help
LTRO has reinforced the incestuous ties of banks and sovereign borrowers
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FINANCIALS
Mar 27, 2012
Reserve managers have acquired an appetite for risk
Political pressure has pushed central bank funds into riskier equities
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MARKETS
Mar 13, 2012
Italy has a narrow window of opportunity
Taxation may be key to reducing debt
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COMMENT
Jan 8, 2012
Capitalism in crisis: The code that forms a bar to harmony
The enrichment of bankers, corporate chiefs, flash traders and their cronies is testing tolerance of inequality, argues John Plender in the first part of an FT series
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COMMENT
Dec 29, 2011
How Goethe’s masterpiece is shaping Europe
Germany rules and southern Europe should prepare for austerity
ABOUT JOHN
John Plender has been a senior editorial writer and columnist at the Financial Times since 1981, an assignment he combined until recently with current affairs broadcasting for the BBC and Channel Four. He has a weekly column on economics and business on Mondays and also writes for the opinion pages.
John Plender was the winner of the Wincott Foundation senior prize for excellence in financial journalism in 1994. His books include That’s The Way The Money Goes (Andre Deutsch, 1982), The Square Mile, with Paul Wallace, (Hutchinson, 1984), A Stake In The Future (Nicholas Brealey, 1997) and Going Off The Rails - Global Capital And The Crisis Of Legitimacy (John Wiley, 2003)
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