I just responded to a post on the “A Very British Dude” website, a conservative supporting blog. The post advocated removing employment protections in order to promote more hiring – the quite rational proposition being that employers are resistant to … Continue reading
I enjoyed immensely the $1,000,000,000,000 headline in the Guardian yesterday, being ‘an estimate’ of the negative impact of a Greek exit from the Euro leading to a collapse of the single currency. What made it so attractive was the delight … Continue reading
Reflecting on the recent controversies over executive pay, it is clear that many of us find it difficult to understand why executives seem to get paid huge bonuses even when the companies they work for aren’t performing very well. Although … Continue reading
Watching the media flurry following the British local elections, the main focus has been on the collapse of the Conservative vote, the continued poor performance of the Liberal Democrats and the recovery of Labour. However, for me the much more … Continue reading