The movie Margin Call boasts superb performances, but right now the ‘normal’ public may not want to go and see a film about the US financial crisis. There’s so much male energy coursing through JC Chandor’s promising financial crisis thriller Margin Call that by the end of it you’d be clamouring for an oestrogen bath, [...]
A new US federal infrastructure bank - A Fannie Mae for infrastructure. Here’s a novel idea: Have Congress create a “bank” that could borrow huge sums with only a small federal outlay and would be independent of any political interference. If you believe in this miracle, you probably thought Fannie Mae was a private company that [...]