Kyros on 22 November 2008
we as people have not benefited at all
I think I have to put my statements into perspective because here I would have to disagree. I made a tour through southern England and Wales in the mid-nineties and I was in London again last year and England DEFINITELY has improved a lot. ITs sometimes too expensive and sometimes the infrastucture still is creaky but wow things have changed.
You just have to look at the HDI human development index (this tracks things like healthcare, schooling, money ...) to see huge improvements in the UK during the 90s
http://hdrstats.undp.org/countries/country_fact_sheets/cty_fs_GBR.html
I mean providing sophisticated financial and other services is a good thing per se and Britain has many things going for it (Much less red tape than in Germany for example) . But that doesn't change the fact that I have no problem profiting a bit from your hopefully short downturn (I mean we also have no party at the moment)
