The Economist (January 7)
2012/ 01/ 09 by jd in Global News
Bank bashing has become routine, but Britain should also “prize” the important contribution of finance. “London is by many measures the world’s biggest financial centre, and weakening it is in nobody’s interest—least of all Britain’s. Better regulation of banks is certainly needed…. But running down one of the world’s most successful (and mobile) commercial clusters is folly—and it is surely not the legacy Mr Cameron would wish to leave his successors.”