Bonuses in the banking sector are at an all-time high even as the system teeters on the edge of collapse. How are we to combat the culture of rewards for failure, while also supporting growth in the economy? The policy solutions are there, but are we brave enough to take them? For download and transcript versions of this lecture, please visit the event's page on the Gresham College website: How do we deal with rewards for success while supporting growth?"
Bio
Matthew Hancock
Matthew Hancock is an MP for West
Suffolk. He was previously an economist at the Bank of England and
a senior economic adviser and Chief of Staff to George Osborne.
He
is the author ofMasters of
Nothing: The Crash and how it will happen again unless we understand human
nature.