A stitch in tie October 20, 2011 A PROPER, handmade silk tie is a very subtle slice of beauty, and if you want to look your absolute smartest, it’s an essential part of the outfit. But while it undoubtedly looks better than its cheaper, synthetic cousin, you might be hard pushed to say quite why. Good leather simply takes polish better. The [...]
Return of the power shirt October 20, 2011 GORDON Gekko (as played by Michael Douglas), with his braces out and sleeves rolled up as he pretty much devours Wall Street, has become the archetypal image of the contrast collar shirt. A more subtle example, however, might be David Frost, teasing a Watergate admission out of Richard Nixon, sporting a dark blue shirt with [...]
WHITE COLLAR WORKERS October 20, 2011 Brooks Brothers, £89 www.brooksbrothers.com John Francomb Classic, £44.50 www.tmlewin.co.uk Brooks Brothers, £89 www.brooksbrothers.com TM Lewin, £37.50 www.tmlewin.co.uk Hackett, £110 www.hackett.com Thomas Pink, £89 www.thomaspink.com
Inflation: an undemocratic stealth tax October 19, 2011 INFLATION is taxation without legislation, as Milton Friedman, the Nobel prize winning economist, once said. He was spot on. Yesterday’s figures were truly appalling: inflation on the retail price index measure hit 5.6 per cent, the fastest rate for 20 years. On the official consumer price index measure, it reached 5.2 per cent. Over the [...]
Anti-Keynesians win the Nobel prize October 11, 2011 THERE are two kinds of non-Keynesian economists these days. The first category includes those such as Thomas J Sargent, a member of the new classical school of economics, who yesterday was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics, jointly with Christopher Sims, a econometrics guru who among other achievements demolished the traditional graphical Keynesian construct taught [...]
Why Mervyn King is wrong about QE October 7, 2011 IT was strange for Mervyn King to claim yesterday that the financial crisis may yet turn out to be worse than the Great Depression. The world faces monumental challenges. But the mass unemployment, protectionism and rise of fascism of the 1930s has so far been avoided and many emerging markets are still buoyant. Over-using apocalyptic [...]
It’s make or break for the Tory party October 3, 2011 POLICIES to boost growth. That is what the Conservative Party conference, which started last night, must focus on. Growth has ground to a halt, partly because of global forces but also because too little has been done to make the UK once again a competitive place in which to work, invest and operate a business. [...]
London Time September 30, 2011 City A.M. is proud to introduce its third edition of ‘London Time’. This issue written Timothy Barber, reviews the best watches of 2011 across a range of different categories, as well as news and interviews from watch industry experts. Maria Doulton owner of www.thejewelleryeditor.com has also contributed jewellery and women’s watches editorial.
Why a Tobin tax would be a disaster September 29, 2011 VERY strange. That is the only way that the coalition’s half-hearted, let’s have our cake and eat it, position on the Tobin tax can be described. The Treasury is rightly opposed to the European Union’s plan – but it actually supports a Tobin tax in principle, as long as it is implemented globally and not [...]
PRINCESS LAUNCHES OUR APPEAL FOR AFRICA September 29, 2011 CITY LEADERS met royalty at The Savoy on Tuesday night, at a dinner to mark a new partnership between City A.M. and an African microfinance charity that aims to improve the lives of thousands. Guest of honour was HRH The Princess Royal, a patron of the Opportunity International (OI) charity, who told guests including Vallares [...]