The first place to start on bankers’ pay is that it needs to be lower
Does anyone deserve to make sums of money so far in excess of what the majority of UK workers earn?
Luke Hildyard
The failure of the Swiss referendum demonstrates the need to tackle high pay globally
This weekend Swiss voters rejected a referendum proposal to cap pay for top bosses at 12 times the pay of their lowest-paid employees.
Wealth is created collectively, not by god-like ‘wealth creators’
Even supposedly ‘self-made’ millionaires rely on taxpayers to support the transport infrastructure, educated workforce and customer base on which their wealth depends.
Fraser Nelson is wrong about the deserving rich
On Friday, the Daily Telegraph published an article by Fraser Nelson arguing, essentially, that we should not make a fuss about the rise of the super-rich.