October 2011 – Page 2 – STUFF HAPPENS

School run

I get off the train at Paddington and walk down Bishop’s Bridge Road towards my office. The weather is normally dry (London rains less than people think); rush hour traffic is stacked up at the lights. On the way I try Clara on her mobile. If I have caught the 7.18, and the train’s on […]

The euro? Who knows …

Yesterday I sat in on a discussion between two distinguished European economists – one had recently served in the Dutch cabinet, the other in the Greek cabinet. The small audience included some of Europe’s leading business people, many of them from Germany; as well as policy experts from Asia and Africa. In the ballroom of […]