Indeed I don't. I imagine he could get a phone call returned, but I certainly don't think he has anything like a real ongoing personal connection with anybody of significance here. Further,… (View Post)

"In the long run we all lose reelection", as Keynes put it. (View Post)

Also, the private sector DB->DC switchover has been a quiet shifting of exposure to risk (investment and length-of-life) from big organisations who should be well able to cope with it and amortize… (View Post)

I will give you 'charismatic' and 'election-winning' for sure, but they don't make you a good PM -- they just make you good at getting the job of PM. He may have been also &#… (View Post)

I think there are two difficulties with that analogy -- the size of the "club", and the reach and importance of the activities under its control. As a club gets bigger, it gets more importa… (View Post)