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...(“An apt misquotation can reveal the greater truth”, John Kay, December 30.)...
...He describes the protagonists as “Marxist economist Joan Robinson” and “MIT professor Robert Solow”. Although Mr Kay omits her title, Joan Robinson was professor of economics at Cambridge university....
...on John Kay’s two claims (October 7)....
...johnkay@johnkay.com Letter in response to the column: Owner-run companies are often long-term winners / From Derek Robinson The dangers of an immovable executive / From Roger Lawson...
...Sir, I have only one comment on John Kay’s article on the wonders of company structures where founders have preferential voting rights (Comment, September 30)....
...Andy Williams Co-Founder and Technical Director, Adludio Anya Hindmarch Founder, Anya Hindmarch Arnaud Massenet Founder and Director, Net a Porter; and CEO and Director, de-pury Group Arthur Kay...
...In their 2001 paper, The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development, Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson of MIT point out that you would have seen a very different relationship between temperature...
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...… Lila, by Marilynne Robinson, Virago, RRP£16.99/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, RRP$26 Having published only four novels in 35 years, “Marilynne Robinson is America’s most highly acclaimed and respected,...
...managing director at Ticketmaster UK, said: “Even since the recession began, we have still witnessed some record-breaking sales levels for tours for major acts like Take That, The Stone Roses and Peter Kay...
...With some literary licence, Mr Acemoglou and Mr Robinson identify England’s Glorious Revolution of 1688 as a turning point in modern history....
...In contrast to Robinson Crusoe, which was all about the value of imposing order on chaotic wilderness, this is an attempt to make sense of the world by stripping back modern conveniences and distractions...
...John Kay: What Network Rail tells us about free speech The strange case of Network Rail, which was fined £3m for faults leading to the UK’s Potters Bar railcrash in 2002, shows that free speech is damaged...
...John Kay: the nightmare of taking on ‘too big to fail’ Britain’s Independent Banking Commission correctly focuses on increasing competition and on the separation of retail and investment banking, writes...
...John Kay: Don’t blame luck when your models misfire Techniques such as value at risk modelling – the principal methodology used by banks and pressed on them by their regulators – may be of help in monitoring...
...John Kay: Britain’s call for ‘nostalgia’ banking The recent problems of British home lenders have been much more severe than those of 20 years ago, but not because the economic fundamentals have deteriorated...
...John Kay: The war on moral hazard begins at home Northern Rock was a narrow bank, with only retail customers, and Northern Rock failed; Lehman Brothers was a pure investment bank, but Lehman too failed,...
...John Kay: The Big Society must get down to the nitty-gritty Last week, David Cameron reiterated his commitment to the Big Society, writes the FT columnist....
...John Kay: A smart business dressed in principles not rules Exactly 15 years ago I wrote an article in the FT about the adoption of an extended dress code in a major company, writes Kay....
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