David Roberts
He spent roughly his whole career at Barclays, joining in 1983 and working his way up to be first chief executive of Personal Financial Services at the bank and then head of Business Banking. He lost out to Bob Diamond in the race to be group ceo when the previous incumbent, John Varley, opted for early retirement. Read more
1Time to take basic income seriously?
2We cannae give the economy no more, we're giv'n it all we've got Captain
3The case for official e-money +1
4On what really is different this time around
5Hacking and property prices make the BoE big league
Show more6The WMP whack, revisited
7Tax needn't be taxing. It can also be a Hungarian debt wheeze
8"Companies should know who really owns them..."
9Mediocrity and the civil service in China
10The central bank (communications) bubble
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