When the Customers of our Businesses do not possess sufficient Money to allow them to purchase the Products and Services supplied, it must follow that the very Future of those Businesses is in Peril. Yet our largest Busineses, and Employers in the Public Sector, and indeed our System of Relief …
One Difficulty for Shareholders who wish to effect a Change in the Policies of a Corporation (especially in restraining the Excesses of the Leadership) is that so many Shares are controlled by Investment and Pension Funds, which are in their Turn controlled by Fund Managers whose Interests are not always …
In the past, Her Majesty’s Government used to legislate for what they believed to be the good of the Kingdom. Then it was discovered, or rediscovered, that by lobbying for Laws to ones Advantage, one could increase ones Wealth. This came to the Attention of the Press and the Public …
The Chain of Shopping Emporia by the Name of Tesco has been much in the News of late. It seems that the Leaders of the Corporation achieved astounding levels, either of Incompetence, or of Dishonesty. And yet they are allowed to leave quietly, with generous payments, perhaps to ensure their …
There is a Scheme proposed by Her Majesty’s Government to encourage the Extraction of Oil and Gas by Fracking. George Osborme will halve the Amount of Tax they should pay. But in its natural State, Shale Gas does not have the Power of Locomotion. No other State can extract the …
When Banks propose extra Pay and Benefits in an Attempt to get round the EU’s own modest Proposals to limit top Bankers’ Bonuses, I have a modest Proposal of my own for the Shareholders (and in the Case of the Banks which are owned by the Government, that should be …
When a Corporation is found guilty of serious misconduct, it is sometimes fined. It is evident, however, that to levy fines on a Corporation hurts principally the shareholders and the customers of that corporation, and leaves entirely unscathed those Executives who ordered or failed to prevent the abuse. I propose …