Pragmatist

Follow the money.  Years of low interest rates have made investors desperate for higher returns, and volatile markets mean lots of bi...

Ross McEwan's appointment as CEO of RBS roundly endorsed his remark that he has been "quite surprised by how bad this industry ...

Source: Guardian/Observer The spin doctors are feverishly applying lipstick to RBS, so it can be 're-privatised' in time for ...

A new TV game show promises to solve all your problems for life - on the single toss of a coin. A spokesperson for independent produc...

I believe that mainstream popular culture is a pretty good bellweather for the national state of mind. That's not to say there's ...

A hat-tip to @rorysutherland , who drew my attention to a paper called "The Science of Liberty" by Paul Zak , self-styled "f...