Powerful people more guilty of ‘moral hypocrisy’, study finds – Telegraph. Experts say that these so-called “powerful people” also make stricter moral judgements of others – while doing exactly as they please. Professor Adam Galinsky, from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Illinois, said: “According to our research, power and influence can
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Christmas and New year are times when you meet people who you don’t expect to meet again for some time, if ever, again. The result is that they are times for candid conversation with guards let down. I had one such conversation over Christmas that seemed to summarise many similar snippets I’m hearing from a
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The year in cuts | The Spectator. The Spectator looks forward to 19% cuts in government spending… You have to wonder what sort of warped mindset thinks that devastating the economy by destroying the welfare of those in need of support, undermining education, denying healthcare to many, cutting demand for much of the private sector
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I haven’t got time for a long review of 2009. Its pace has not slowed as the year draws to a close, and there is a great deal of work to get through. As a result some lists of highs and lows, hopes and aspirations will have to do. Highs from the world at large
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This is my quote of the year, from Prof David Blanchflower, in the Observer magazine, 27 December 2009, not available on line: If a new government got in and started cutting public spending [unemployment] could rise to four or five million. It would be the economics of lunacy to cut public spending any time soon
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FT.com / UK / Politics & policy – Banking industry chief slams attacks on bonuses. From the FT this morning (edited): Angela Knight, chief executive of the British Bankers’ Association has decried the government as “deeply irresponsible” and potentially “stupid enough” to act “emotionally and not logically” in its attack on banks, bankers and bonuses.
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IMF report: banks that take biggest risks lobby for least regulation | ToUChstone blog: A public policy blog from the TUC. Although it probably shouldn’t surprise anyone, it’s nonetheless interesting to see a group of International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff have reported (although this is not a statement of IMF policy, necessarily) that the US
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Quotes of the year must have some essential qualities. They must be routed in reality. They must encapsulate a moment. They must have inherent in tem a demand for action. Hopefully they’re elegant, pithy, pertinent and prescient all at the same time. The following from Steve Hadrill, new head of the UK’s Financial reporting Council
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It’s hard to believe Alistair Darling will ever get quote of the year award. I suspect he doesn’t mind. It’s just not the man he is. This was near though, not for style, but content: The choices are between going for growth or putting the recovery at risk. To reduce the deficit while protecting front-line
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