Economics & Finance
Tom Chatfield / September 23, 2009
Speaking at the City Banquet at Mansion House yesterday, FSA chief Adair Turner reflected on his interview last month with Prospect in robust terms, declaring that "I do not apologise for being...
Brian Semple / September 22, 2009
It appears that Nicolas Sarkozy has taken a leaf out of Prospect's book. Following last month's interview with FSA chief Adair Turner, in which he described the City as "socially useless" and called...
Elizabeth Kirkwood / September 15, 2009
How to mark an anniversary? Whether a happy or sad occasion it's always a tricky business, especially when that very anniversary is one marking a tricky business itself. A year on from the collapse...
Brian Semple / September 8, 2009
In the last week of August, a corner of Blackheath in southeast London became home to Climate Camp 2009, a gathering of environmentalists and activists from across Britain under the umbrella of...
John Naish / September 3, 2009
It seems an odd paradox that a sector dedicated to saving lives and improving health seems so habituated to pulling dodgy tricks, but once again the pharmaceutical industry has been caught with its...
Tom Streithorst / September 3, 2009
The outcry at proposals recently floated by FSA chief Lord Turner in Prospect suggests that the City knows they would be effective. The City does not fear “regulation”; regulations can always be...
Elizabeth Kirkwood / September 2, 2009
Following headlines over the past week about FSA chief Adair Turner’s comments in Prospect magazine on the “swollen” financial sector and his calls for a Tobin tax, we've gathered a diverse...
David Goodhart / September 2, 2009
Adair Turner has done public debate (and Prospect magazine) a big favour by spelling out carefully and coherently what many people have long felt intuitively about the British financial system. He...
Brian Semple / August 28, 2009
Prospect's exclusive roundtable interview with Adair Turner, in which the FSA chief called for the introduction of a Tobin tax and described the finance sector as having "grown beyond a reasonable...
An exclusive roundtable discussion led by FSA chief Adair Turner about global financial regulations in this month's edition of Prospect (out today), in which the head of Britain’s top banking...
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