Q&A: Can Corbyn revolutionise the financial sector and the Bank of England? (video)

Anastasia Nesvetailova, City University London Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn this week unveiled his new team of economic advisers. He hopes they will help build a set of policies capable of countering the narrative of belt-tightening austerity which delivered David …

If Robert Peston thinks that it’s time to stop bashing the bankers he’s wrong (video)

On 30 November, Robert Peston published an article on BBC Online that made my stomach churn.  In the article, entitled “New City same as old City?” Peston reported on two significant news stories of the day. The first was about the …

Inside Job: Why ‘banker bashing’ MUST continue until we have real regulatory control of the financial system (video)

If you haven’t seen the film Inside Job yet then whatever you think you know about the financial crisis and its causes is probably wrong. The video* below is NOT the whole film – it consists of the trailer and background interviews …

The problem with investment banking (part 1)

The Problem with Investment Banking (Part 1) Bankers would like us to believe that what they do is fantastically sophisticated and requires huge talent and massive intellectual prowess. It is on these largely false grounds that they try to persuade us …