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Quick Read: How popular are central bank digital currencies?

17 March 2025
Monetary Policy

Quick Read: How popular are central bank digital currencies?

Kevin Dowd
17 March 2025
This article was first published on the Institute of Economic Affairs Substack. Wherever Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) have been attempted, … Continue reading “Quick Read: How popular are central bank digital currencies?”

THINK – The benefits of financial innovation

6 August 2015
Monetary Policy

THINK – The benefits of financial innovation

6 August 2015
Andrew Palmer, Business Affairs Editor at The Economist speaks at the firat IEA THINK conference on financial innovation. He argued … Continue reading “THINK – The benefits of financial innovation”

Crony capitalism cannot be ‘tamed’ with more regulation

9 March 2015
Regulation

Crony capitalism cannot be ‘tamed’ with more regulation

David S. D'Amato
9 March 2015
Earlier this month American Banker’s Mayra Rodríguez Valladares reported on what she regarded as “a bleak winter for financial reformers … Continue reading “Crony capitalism cannot be ‘tamed’ with more regulation”

Memo to Ed Miliband – you cannot regulate your way to competition

17 January 2014

Memo to Ed Miliband – you cannot regulate your way to competition

Philip Booth
17 January 2014
Today Ed Miliband made a speech on policy in UK banking. There is much wrong with that market and important reforms should … Continue reading “Memo to Ed Miliband – you cannot regulate your way to competition”

Open Bank Resolution: a credible alternative to deposit insurance?

22 April 2013

Open Bank Resolution: a credible alternative to deposit insurance?

Eric Crampton
22 April 2013
New Zealand introduced deposit insurance in 2008, during the recent financial crisis. In the middle of an election campaign, and … Continue reading “Open Bank Resolution: a credible alternative to deposit insurance?”

Thatcher changed the City forever but Big Bang isn’t the whole story

10 April 2013

Thatcher changed the City forever but Big Bang isn’t the whole story

Philip Booth
10 April 2013
There is a myth gaining traction that Margaret Thatcher’s deregulation of the City through the Big Bang in 1986 ultimately … Continue reading “Thatcher changed the City forever but Big Bang isn’t the whole story”

What will drive the future of banking?

2 April 2013

What will drive the future of banking?

Stephen Davies
2 April 2013
Given recent events and the continuing travails of the world economy, widely seen as having their origins in the financial … Continue reading “What will drive the future of banking?”

Bank deposits cannot be guaranteed across the eurozone

25 March 2013

Bank deposits cannot be guaranteed across the eurozone

G. R. Steele
25 March 2013
In March 2009 an EU directive increased the value of the protection afforded by a deposit guarantee scheme (DGS) to … Continue reading “Bank deposits cannot be guaranteed across the eurozone”

The social role of banks is banking

26 October 2011

The social role of banks is banking

Philip Booth
26 October 2011
Since fox-hunting became illegal, banker bashing has become a new blood sport. Not only is the typical banker portrayed as … Continue reading “The social role of banks is banking”

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