Banking's Past, Present, and Future
Writing in the Financial Times, World Bank President Robert Zoellick argues for greater economic coordination among the G20 nations. It was not clear from his op-ed exactly how coordinated a system he envisions. On the one hand, he calls for a monetary system to succeed Bretton Woods, implying a system of fixed exchange rates (and … Read more
Carried away by ever-rising real estate prices and aided and abetted by new types of financial instruments, the financial system’s overindulgence in risk has left taxpayers with a nasty hangover, a hefty tab, and a desire to make someone pay. Commentators have blamed the financial meltdown on the attitude towards risk generated by banks’ corporate … Read more