A manageable size
SIR – I read your leader on financial companies that are “too big to fail”, and your statement that “on the left, some want banks cut down to size” (“In praise of Doddery”, March 20th). Many on the left would…
Category Life As We Live It
Dude – Where Is My Identity?
On 19 January 2010, the Real Time Club met at its normal venue, The National Liberal Club, with me as the Chairman. The theme of the evening was “Dude – Where is my Identity”. Some 55 Members and Guests were…
Gresham College – A Short, Personal, Alternative History
Gresham College – A Short, Personal, Alternative History Professor Michael Mainelli, Gresham Fellow & Trustee [October 2009 – originally written for the Mercers’ Company] Sir Thomas Gresham (1519-1579) traded cloth and linens between England and the Low Countries at a…
The City Debate: In This Current Financial Environment, More Financial Regulation Is A Major Part Of The Solution
Securities & Investment InstituteAnnual DebateMansion House, LondonWednesday, 14 January 2009 “In this current financial environment, more financial regulation is a major part of the solution” For the motion:Dr Vince Cable MPMr Alan Yarrow FSI Against the motion:Professor Michael Mainelli FSIMr…
Birthday Boasts On Balls
I’ve never been one to celebrate my birthdays overly much, so today I headed to the gym first thing. However, on your 50th birthday you sometimes want to pretend you can slow the flow of the inevitable and fight the…
Learn Chinese In An Afternoon
[An edited version of this article first appeared as “How To Learn…Chinese…In An Afternoon”, Professor Michael Mainelli ( 麦(mài)迈(mài)克(kè)), The Linguist, Volume 47, Number 3, page 20, Chartered Institute Of Linguists (June/July 2008)]
ABCB – New Alphabet For Standards – Association of British Certification Bodies
My Lord, Ladies and Gentlemen. It is a real honour for me to have this opportunity to address a group of people who share my passion that standards markets can improve the world, this Association of British Certification Bodies. This…
Barging In
“Barging In” , Lora Walsh Benson, Securities & Invesment Review, Securities & Investment Institute, September 2007, page 38. E957_Sii_main4mainelli
Mark My Keyboards
A night with Harvard classmate Mark Schaffer always covers a wide variety of topics, whisk(e)y, pizza, Hendrix, science fiction, the elixers of life, and Marks. By which I mean Mark I and Mark II computers. Harvard IBM Mark I –…