Monthly Archives: October 2014

60 Minutes: Saving Italy’s history

As the government struggles to maintain the country’s historic ruins and monuments, Morley Safer discovers it’s become fashionable to help. Here is a direct video link. (If you can stand the Viagra adverts!)

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Revolving door between regulation and finance must be jammed

A first hand account of the corrosive regulatory capture caused by the revolving door between token finance regulators and the financial firms that hire them as defence counsel and lobbyists once they leave office. “The real world sees a pandemic … Continue reading

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Attacks in Canada’s capital

Parliament Hill came under attack today after a man with a rifle shot a soldier standing guard at the National War Memorial in downtown Ottawa. A gunman inside Parliament has been confirmed dead. Ottawa police say shots were fired at … Continue reading

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