Keeping the free market faith
For Radio 4: The financial crisis has made many on the political right question their faith in free market capitalism. Jamie Whyte is unaffected…
Jamie Whyte
Jamie Whyte is a former lecturer of Philosophy at Cambridge University and winner of <em>Analysis</em> journal's prestigious prize for the best article by a philosopher under 30. Jamie now works in the financial services sector. You can contact him by email at <a href="mailto:jwhyte@woosh.co.nz">jwhyte@woosh.co.nz</a>
Forcing others to obey is the issue, not greed
Many of those occupying Wall Street and the City of London object to corporate greed. Yet greed is usually harmless. For example, I may…
The corporate virtue of bankers
Senior bankers make a lot of money and take a lot of risk. This combination strikes most commentators and politicians as revealing sad failures…
Bank debt-holder guarantees and risk regulations
Legislators in Western countries are in the process of rewriting financial sector regulations. Most commentators encourage the politicians in this mission. Yet few politicians…
Economic vandals
Shortly after taking power, our new coalition government decided to withdraw the previous government’s pre-election promise of a £80 million loan to Sheffield Forgemasters,…
Subsidizing Risk
Industrial policy is back in fashion. Our new coalition government claims that the financial industry is too big. They promise to “rebalance the economy”,…
Bernanke on the Federal Reserve’s exit strategy
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke has given testimony before the Committee on Financial Services of the U.S. House of Representatives. If you thought…
Labour laws should be abolished
In 2006, the European Court of Justice ruled that the Department of Trade and Industry has misinterpreted clauses 3 and 5 of the Working…
Demand for Doctors
Jamie Whyte discussed this article on Radio 4 yesterday. I like most of the doctors I know. They are earthy and unsqueamish, about minds…
Do it for the money
Last year two police women (WPCs) were discovered to have a reciprocal child-minding arrangement. It was initially declared unlawful. Child minders who receive payment…