Some random notes on the debate over reforming the financial system. The Brits continue to lead the charge on the bank tax–perhaps driven by the fast-approaching elections in which, if you believe the polls, the ruling Labor Party is going to lose its governing majority…perhaps a harbinger of things to come here. So, Gordon […]
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Some Sanity From Across The Pond
Posted on 10 November 2009.
The Wall Street Journal has this today, reporting on a spat between British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner: On Saturday, the U.K.’s Mr. Brown surprised many attendees by throwing his weight behind the idea of levying a tax on financial transactions and using those funds to pay for future bank […]
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Can We Be More Like The British?
Posted on 29 April 2009.
I imagine that I risk the ire of at least the most die-hard fringe Northern Ireland para-military forces or perhaps people who still revel in the Revolutionary War-era spanking of the redcoats but I’ve been carrying around this article from about a week ago that got a little attention and, then, floated out of […]
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