all posts on February 12th, 2007


Are women chokers?

Steven Landsburg thinks they might be, and that’s why we don’t see many top female executives.
If his argument is to apply in the corporate world, it means that the decisions and actions of top executives really are marginal, in the same way that fighting over a match point at Wimbledon is. Of course, the really […]

Political posturing on City bonuses

Tim Worstall is surely right when he claims that Peter Hain’s call for two-thirds City bonuses to be donated to charity, is just political posturing within the Labour Party.
Let’s take it as given that no-one seriously considers this idea as a starter. After all, it is largely the workers that benefit from City largesse, […]