The financial crisis of 2008 did not lead to the anticipated jolt. This is the conclusion reached by the organisation Finance Watch in a report published on Saturday 15 September, which observes that none of the structural vulnerabilities that led to the financial crisis has been tackled in a decisive way.
“Within the space of ten years we have, once again, completed the familiar journey from public outrage and loud chants of ‘never again’ back to the comforting hum of ‘business as...