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Howard Davies

Howard Davies

Writing for PS since 2009
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Howard Davies, the first chairman of the United Kingdom’s Financial Services Authority (1997-2003), is Chairman of NatWest Group. He was Director of the London School of Economics (2003-11) and served as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England and Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry.

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  1. Where It Pays to Be a Banker
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    Where It Pays to Be a Banker

    Jan 5, 2024 Howard Davies maps the growing divergence of tax and regulatory policies in America, Europe, and the United Kingdom.

  2. We Need to Talk About Bank Supervision
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    We Need to Talk About Bank Supervision

    Sep 22, 2023 Howard Davies thinks the renewed debate over commercial bank capital requirements largely misses the point.

  3. Buffer Madness
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    Buffer Madness

    Jul 14, 2023 Howard Davies questions the merits of increasing banks' capital as a way to ensure financial stability.

  4. America’s Financial Regulatory System Is Still Broken
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    America’s Financial Regulatory System Is Still Broken

    Mar 22, 2023 Howard Davies laments that the post-2008 Dodd-Frank reforms left in place a framework riddled with structural shortcomings.

  5. Central Bankers’ Green Lines
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    Central Bankers’ Green Lines

    Jan 19, 2023 Howard Davies holds out little hope for a global consensus on how monetary policy should address climate change.

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    A Big Defeat for Big Tech

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    Tech companies know that if there is an open, democratic debate about data security, consumers’ concerns about digital safeguards will win out. And while the industry's lobbyists tried to ensure that no such debate could ever occur, one of their more cynical moves has now been exposed and thwarted.

    details how the industry tried to slip extraordinary protections against regulation into US trade agreements.
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    Haiti’s Proud Boys

    Slavoj Žižek

    If we measure a failed state by the cracks in the edifice of its power, reflected in brewing ideological civil wars, deadlocked assemblies, and increasingly insecure public spaces, we must recognize that the United States is not so unlike Haiti. Both have given rise to violent gangs with political ambitions.

    warns that rich Western democracies are not immune to politically motivated gang violence.
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    Unity Is Europe’s Greatest Asset

    Connie Hedegaard emphasizes the importance of stability amid persistent economic and geopolitical crises.
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    The Truth About US Immigration

    Nancy Qian warns that overheated campaign-season rhetoric is dangerously polarizing and ultimately self-defeating.
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    The Zombification of Political Parties

    Jan-Werner Mueller argues that Donald Trump’s capture of the GOP’s organizational machinery recalls authoritarian tactics elsewhere.
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    The Economic Consequences of Legal Behavior

    Kaushik Basu highlights the potential benefits of emphasizing adherence to the spirit of laws, if not their letter.
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    For Nigeria’s Schools, Safety Must Come First

    Gordon Brown writes that the latest mass abduction of students underscores the dilemma facing parents throughout the country.
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    Give Women with Disabilities a Chance

    Nkechi S. Owoo explains what is needed to protect and empower one of the world’s most vulnerable demographic groups.
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    How Capitalism Became a Threat to Democracy

    Mordecai Kurz examines the economic policies and market dynamics that have ushered in America's Second Gilded Age.

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