Counting human cost of credit crunch

If there is any consensus to be found on the unprecedented events of recent months, it is that when ...

If there is any consensus to be found on the unprecedented events of recent months, it is that when we do finally emerge the financial landscape will be changed beyond recognition. Few are willing to guess what it might look like at present or even when we can genuinely start looking to the future. Unthinkable a year ago, but recent events could well mean the era of laissez-faire economics is over. Lifelong worshippers of free markets have been forced to recognise survival of the fittest can no longer operate without check in a global market. And it is unclear how much that realisatio...