There seems to be another banking scandal. Or possibly two. It is hard to keep track nowadays: they come along so frequently, and begin to merge into one another. But they tell us it can't be helped. These are, after all, the people who create the nation's wealth. And then somehow manage to blow it all away so we end up the poorer as a result. Although presumably a few people have fortunately increased in wealth; so it can't be all bad.
It is easy to get disheartened by it all. As if somehow we have got the wrong end of the stick regarding how economic policy works, and how to achieve sustainable growth while building a fair society, and other such trivialities. And these things just happen, driven by relentless market forces beyond all human understanding. A bit like the weather. Only you can't help remembering that the financial markets are not the outcome of chaotic and uncontrollable forces of nature, but are man-made. Still (apparently) chaotic and uncontrollable; but nevertheless man-made.
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