‘Should we blame it all on City spivs?’ I asked a managing director of a famous investment bank at a pre-Christmas party.
He had just told me – with the smile of a man who can look forward to yet another seven-figure bonus in a few weeks’ time – that his firm was still doing very nicely thank you.

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