Must-read comment and analysis. Featuring more on the Grexit and a 101-year-old Nobel Laureate.
By Alex Hern [1] Published 11 May 2012 9:18Must-read comment and analysis. Featuring more on the Grexit and a 101-year-old Nobel Laureate.
1. If Greece goes... [2] (Economist | Free Exchange)
What would policymakers have to do at the moment of a Greek exit to persuade investors and depositors that Greece really was the exception proving the rule of euro unity?
2. Nobel Laureate: 'I've Been Wrong So Often, I Don't Find It Extraordinary At All' [3] (NPR | All Things Considered)
NPR's Melissa Block speaks to Ronald Coase, 101-year-old Nobel Laureate in Economics.
3. The Unequal Impact of Inflation [4] (ToUChstone)
Duncan Wheldon shows that over the past year high inflation has hit the poorest much harder than the high earners.
4. Derivatives trader: 'The trouble is, regulators are idiots' [5] (The Guardian)
Joris Luyendijk speaks to a trader about City short-termism, high pay, the excitement of recent years and why he now wants a way out
5. Telegraph distorts the truth on energy bills [6] (Left Foot Forward)
Will Straw rebuts the Telegraph's claim that green policies are adding over £200 a year to energy bills.