Many bankers see themselves as part of a global elite – spaceship finance – with little sense of national belonging
So what would you like to know about bankers, I like to ask people, and most answer: how can they live with themselves? How can bankers take home those salaries and bonuses when the rest of us are facing austerity and very painful cuts in public services?
A little while ago I put this to a financial recruiter. I'll call him Philippe. Philippe is working with the well-paid bankers everyone else seems so angry with. They come to him when they want to move to a new job, or he poaches them on behalf of banks or financial firms. Being at the high end of the industry he has extensive conversations with clients about their motives, fears and ambitions.
So how can they live with themselves?
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/joris-luyendijk-banking-blog/2012/feb/17/how-can-bankers-live-with-themselves
So what would you like to know about bankers, I like to ask people, and most answer: how can they live with themselves? How can bankers take home those salaries and bonuses when the rest of us are facing austerity and very painful cuts in public services?
A little while ago I put this to a financial recruiter. I'll call him Philippe. Philippe is working with the well-paid bankers everyone else seems so angry with. They come to him when they want to move to a new job, or he poaches them on behalf of banks or financial firms. Being at the high end of the industry he has extensive conversations with clients about their motives, fears and ambitions.
So how can they live with themselves?
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/joris-luyendijk-banking-blog/2012/feb/17/how-can-bankers-live-with-themselves
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