Posted on October 13, 2008 by Marion
I’ve been a somewhat breathless observer of all the recent tumult in the financial markets, to the point that hubby and I did have a ‘what’s the worst case scenario’ conversation over the weekend. Admittedly, being young, in the upper end of the socio-economic spectrum, having some assets and no dependents definitely means that our [...]
Filed under: Finance, London, Politics, musings | Tagged: City of London, financial bailout, financial crisis, Gordon Brown, London, necessary evils | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 29, 2008 by Marion
To follow on from one of my previous posts (The current financial madness), I’ve been watching today’s news in a sense of complete disbelief. To think that so many enormous, financially earth-shattering events could happen in the space of 24hrs, and then to top it all off 13 foolish, idiotic Republicans scuppered the Paulson rescue [...]
Filed under: Finance, Politics, musings | Tagged: financial bailout, financial crisis, general madness, idiot Republicans, London, Paulson plan, US Congress | 1 Comment »
