Martin Vander Weyer Martin Vander Weyer

Any other business | 12 March 2011

Has Mervyn lost touch with reality? No, but the City has lost its moral compass

issue 12 March 2011

Has Mervyn lost touch with reality? No, but the City has lost its moral compass

Mervyn King’s interview with Charles Moore in the Daily Telegraph, in which the governor of the Bank of England accused the financial sector of exploiting gullible customers, gambling with other people’s money, lacking a moral compass, paying themselves excessively and relying on taxpayer bailouts when it all goes wrong, elicited some strong reactions.

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