Alan Greenspan merits a (dishonourable) mention if we're looking for culprits outside the financial sector participants themselves. But no, it would not have been easy for any feasible (given th… (View Post)

I was there and I can 100% assure you they did not. Eg RBS were ramming through a top dollar acquisition of ABN. (View Post)

I'm in a non-argumentative mood so let's just say, ok it would of course have made the crisis a little easier to deal with if the public finances had been flat or in surplus going into it. … (View Post)

I think having a woman in the role might have been a factor. Although you can still get 1.3 on Mahmood. That's not a 'done deal' price for something settling on Monday. (View Post)

That's true. There's only so much Reg can do. The culture is paramount. It was crazy back then. Bonus bonus bonus. It's creeping back now from what I hear from my son who works in the … (View Post)