There's Only One Way to Make Bankers Listen to Their Critics ; the Reputation of Bankers Is at an All-Time Low and Still They Ignore the Lessons of the Crisis. We Now Need Extreme Measures to Restore Confidence

Evening Standard - London › February 10, 2009

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SIR Fred Goodwin left Royal Bank of Scotland at the weekend.

Soon he is due to appear before the Treasury Select Committee.

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There's Only One Way to Make Bankers Listen to Their Critics ; the Reputation of Bankers Is at an All-Time Low and Still They Ignore the Lessons of the Crisis. We Now Need Extreme Measures to Restore Confidence

He has gone from being a superstar of the industry, the chief executive who drove RBS to become a world force, to being dubbed by some sections of the media as the "world's worst banker", the epitome of the now reviled breed that did so much to catapult us into recession.

Goodwin led a bank that this year will notch up a loss of Pounds 28 billion. His o...

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