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Fat Tony goes to the movies : language and the professions, a guide to the roots of financial crises (2018)
Preprint / Working Paper

This paper challenges the finance profession’s self-proclaimed expertise through an avowedly polemical examination of the most recent financial crisis. It argues that the financial industry projects itself as a profession and, as with all professions... Read More about Fat Tony goes to the movies : language and the professions, a guide to the roots of financial crises.

The Conservative government's proposed strike ballot thresholds : The challenge to trade unions [Pamphlet]
Preprint / Working Paper

According to the authors of this timely report, the government is attempting to rush into law ‘the most sweeping and radical tightening of rules on industrial
action since the Thatcher era of the 1980’s’. They warn that such proposals could result i... Read More about The Conservative government's proposed strike ballot thresholds : The challenge to trade unions [Pamphlet].

Hiding in the light : recognising UK mid size businesses as a distinct category and their economic and social value to the nation
Preprint / Working Paper

For most, the term ‘mid size business’ (MSB) usually conjures up images of very little – or confusion with the SME concept.


Despite their tremendous performance and contribution, MSBs remain unrecognised and underserved. Too big to benefit fro... Read More about Hiding in the light : recognising UK mid size businesses as a distinct category and their economic and social value to the nation.

Beyond NPV
Preprint / Working Paper

Net Present Value is a deceptively simple prescription that has dominated academic advice. Discount all expected cash flows at a risk adjusted discount rate and if the result is positive, invest, otherwise do not invest. It is still possible to read... Read More about Beyond NPV.