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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. Is Private Credit Becoming the Public’s Problem?
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    Is Private Credit Becoming the Public’s Problem?

    Jun 19, 2024 Howard Davies considers whether, and in what manner, regulators should respond to the industry's explosive growth.

  2. Are Global Capital Rules Possible?
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    Are Global Capital Rules Possible?

    Mar 29, 2024 Howard Davies thinks major Western jurisdictions' institutional differences could sink standardization efforts.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

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    In Praise of First-Past-the-Post

    Andrés Velasco explains why Britain’s electoral system is better than all the plausible alternatives.
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    Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Xanthe Scharff argue that negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians must no longer be the province of men.
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    Macron and Europe’s Centrists Are Out of Good Options

    Yanis Varoufakis shows that an intractable economic conundrum lies behind the current impasse in French politics.
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    Immigration Does Not Start at the US Border

    Carlos Alvarado-Quesada laments the failure of Republicans and Democrats alike to address the root causes of migration.
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    Will AI Kill Off Money?

    Jean-Pierre Landau considers some of the underappreciated implications of an economy run entirely by machines.
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    A Philosopher for Our Times

    Enrique Krauze shows that, given rising illiberalism, the seventeenth-century thinker Baruch Spinoza is as relevant as ever.
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    A New Worldview for Troubled Times

    Dennis J. Snower proposes four principles to guide policymaking and global negotiations in the age of climate change.
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    Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets

    Dambisa Moyo offers a basic framework for assessing the risk of new bubbles and their potential spillover effects.
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    An Arab Spring for Bangladesh?

    M. Niaz Asadullah argues that young protestors could help the country chart a democratic course and achieve sustainable growth.

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