Pragmatist

In March I related a story about the unduly deferential meeting protocol at the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street , and hoped it was more ...

Thanks to The Foundation for another entertaining Forum last night - this time on whether ownership structure is the only thing that ma...

The distinction between 'facilitators' and 'institutions' is a theme that has emerged quite strongly in this blog and is ...

Fascinating to see big charities accuse big business leaders of putting their own interests first in objecting to Labour's planned inc...

With its plans to redefine the expression 'travelling light' with coin-operated toilets on its flights and higher baggage charges du...

Last night I attended the lecture by Professor Jonathan Zittrain on " The Future of the Internet: Private Sheriffs in Cyberspace ...

Quote of the day has to come from the Lex column . Describing the Northern Rock situation, Lex asserts that "The muddy confluence of de...

How nicely ironic to see the institutions responsible for our soaring regulatory burdens find their own compliance such a struggle.

Thanks to Blackbeltjones I recently had the privilege of discussing the Future of Money as part of a programme at the Royal College of Art ...

Simon Gleeson of Clifford Chance has written a very concerning overview of the shortcomings in the Financial Services Authority’s review o...

A pragmatist is simply someone who acts in an informed way to control his or her personal environment, using a combination of theory and ...