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Michael Bullen was trained as an economist and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. He has had a profession in the City as a proprietary trader and investment manager at banks and hedge funds, including JPMorgan, Scotia Capital, Sanwa International and Itau Europa.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAn Imaginary Board Meeting at PearsonAccording to a new study, Britain - far from being a basket case at education - is in fact ranked 6 in the world....
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Published in: openEconomySoros: economist/philosopher or trading superstar?
A finance insider reads Soros' intervention at Trento and wonders whether this is just a trading superstar talking...
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Published in: openEconomyGreece should leave the Euro, but for jobs, not to get away from the vultures
In a lengthy response to Ann Pettifor's call for Europe to abandon the Euro's "fetters of gold", the author...
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Published in: HomeTaxation: revenue maximisation vs. the politics of envy
Is there any reason to set top tax rates at anything but the rate which maximises government revenues? And what is...
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Published in: openEconomyBlame the speculator, shoot the messenger: habits of the trapped politician
Sergio Bruno makes much of the recent rise in the cost of borrowing for the Italian government, blaming speculation...
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Published in: openEconomyDon't tax the rich any more: it will cost us more than it raises
Should the marginal rate of income tax be reduced for very high earners? Jeremy Fox argues that there is no obvious...