Kevin Dowd
He is Professor of Finance and Economics at Durham University Business School.
Articles
A Very British Fiasco
“These things happen, but they happen a lot to UK financial regulators, and Governor Bailey himself has presided over a good number of regulatory fiascos. In short, the crisis confirms that UK financial regulation is not fit for purpose.” ~ Kevin Dowd
The Fantasy Prediction of 510,000 Deaths
“The 510,000 figure, which turned the world on its head, was a fantasy number churned out by absurd modeling of a zero-probability event. Cummings does not see that the reason why the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak escalated into the public policy catastrophe that it became was the fundamentally flawed Imperial College modeling on which the government based…
To Make Banks Strong, Do Away with the Regulator
As the UK economy enters the COVID-19 downturn, the Bank of England (BoE) continues to maintain that the UK banks are strongly capitalised. The BoE’s claims are not to be believed.
We Don’t Yet Live in a Police State. Or Perhaps We Do.
Government advice is just that, good or bad and I grant that it is mostly sensible. But it is not for the police to misinterpret the law as they see fit or to enforce government advice.
