Link to The Guardian |
"The Occupy London movement
is marking its first month this week. It is routinely described as
anti-capitalist, but this label is highly misleading. As I found out
when I gave a lecture at its Tent City University
last weekend, many of its participants are not against capitalism. They
just want it better regulated so that it benefits the greatest possible
majority.
"In Britain, as already physically identified by the Occupy movement,
it is clear the key reforms should be made in the City of London. The
fact that the Occupy movement does not have an agreed list of reforms
should not be used as an excuse not to engage with it. I'm told there is
an economics committee working on it and, more importantly, there are
already many financial reform proposals floating around, often supported
by very 'establishment' figures like Adair Turner, the Financial Services Authority chairman, George Soros, the Open Society Foundations chairman, and Andy Haldane, the Bank of England's executive director for financial stability."
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