Opinion
The government shouldn’t pin all of its hopes for economic growth on the finance industry
Such a strategy was tried in 1970s and came to grief in the mid-1970s secondary banking crash.
Finance
The UK needs a ‘Just Transition Bank’ – not another bank striving for ‘growth’
'No point in using bank funds to make the rich richer. No point in building new roads, or investing in fossil fuel when the carbon bubble looms every larger. Every point is focusing resources on projects that deliver for people and planet.'
The UK’s scandal-ridden finance industry is no model for sustainable economic development
'The City of London has never been a model for any kind of responsible conduct. It has looted people’s savings, investments, and pensions for decades.'
The finance curse is holding back the UK economy
The finance industry is the only one that regularly needs to be bailed out by taxpayers
The shadow banking scandal behind the collapse of Greensill
The Greensill collapse is a reminder of the failures of financial deregulation, writes Prof Prem Sikka.
Prem Sikka: The British media are failing in their duty to hold Big Finance to account
Skewed reporting of finance and politics more generally is a matter of deliberate choice, writes Prof Prem Sikka.