John Kay - Financial Times

John Kay has been writing a column on economics and business since 1995. He is currently a visiting professor at the London School of Economics. He also had a career in the policy world which established the Institute for Fiscal Studies as one of the most respected think tanks, and a business career.

John has published many books, including Foundations of Corporate Success (1993), The Truth About Markets (2003) and The Long and the Short of It: Finance and investment for normally intelligent people who are not in the industry (2009). His latest book, Obliquity: Why our goals are best achieved indirectly, was published by Profile Books in March 2010.

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It is not difficult to understand why mere mortals are angry

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Travellers from emerging economies will prefer to land at Paris and Frankfurt

What would an independent Scotland actually be like? The answer is that no one really knows

Mechanisms that should protect consumers are found wanting

In M&A these days, doing the deal is what matters; justification comes afterwards

The structure of indices makes a big difference to pensions, tax allowances and index-linked debt

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