Monthly Archives: September 2012

Martin Feldstein expresses concerns over the Fed and ECB’s high-risk strategies

Sep 28, 2012

by Raleigh Addington

Martin Feldstein, Harvard professor and expert speaker on the global economy, penned an interesting piece in the FT Online opinion pages today. For him, the Fed’s QE3 policy of buying unlimited mortgage-backed securities risks raising inflation and inflation expectations without solving America’s chronic unemployment problem. The danger is that, if QE3 does result in this scenario, …

Posted in Speakers We Admire, Global Economy & Finance

Fantastic feedback for Alain de Botton

Sep 21, 2012

by Raleigh Addington

Great to get amazing feedback for Alain de Botton’s speech yesterday. His talk on dealing with the anxieties of Capitalism really wowed the audience. Some said it was among the best conference speech they’d ever heard.

Posted in Speakers We Admire, History, Culture & Literature

George Magnus sees trouble ahead for China

Sep 14, 2012

by Raleigh Addington

Prolific economist and brilliant speaker George Magnus sees clouds on the (not very distant) horizon for China. In an FT op-ed today, he argues that manufacturing trends are moving in the US’s favour. China’s traditional strengths, such as low labour costs, efficient assembly lines, supply chains and economies of scale are fading in the face of rising wages, …

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Darren Campbell wows audience

Sep 14, 2012

by Raleigh Addington

to receive fantastic feedback for Darren Campbell’s motivational speech in front of a group of high-flying entrepreneurs. You can see an example of him in action here.

Posted in Speakers We Admire, Business & Entrepreneurs, Sport & Adventure | Tags:Darren Campbell

Ruchir Sharma calls on the Fed to drop QE3

Sep 11, 2012

by Raleigh Addington

Ruchir Sharma, author of the hit Breakout Nations (2012), today mounted an attack on the Fed’s intended policy of a third round of quantitative easing. Rather than driving up stock prices, thereby making consumers feel richer and encouraging them to spend more, QE3 is more likely to lead to a bubble in commodity prices. This …

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Just off the phone with Nigel Farage and Anthony Hilton …

Sep 11, 2012

by Raleigh Addington

We’re looking forward to our next Chartwell Breakfast Club discussion at the Royal Automobile Club on the future of the City (Tuesday 18th September). We’ve just been talking through the format and focus with Nigel and Anthony. Areas they are likely to focus on include what needs to happen to the big banks, how does the …

Posted in Politics & Government, Global Economy & Finance | Tags:Anthony Hilton, Nigel Farage