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    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      Climate change
      On its own, carbon capture is not a climate change panacea

      At COP this year, a commitment must be made to rapidly phasing down the use of all fossil fuels

      An engineer works on a carbon capture pilot site in Bakersfield, California
    • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
      Renewable energy
      Myths are clouding the reality of our sustainable energy future

      There are challenges to overcome in building a net zero system but we must allay groundless fears

      Aerial view of a lithium mining machine moving a salt by-product at a mine in the Atacama Desert in Chile
    • Friday, 31 March, 2023
      Moral Money
      Time for a new UK green investment bank? Premium content

      Plus, the new stream of funds chasing water investments

      Adair Turner speaking
    • Tuesday, 6 July, 2021
      Sustainability
      Rising use of trees and crops for energy fuels sustainability debate

      Fierce debate about so-called bioresources comes ahead of EU policy on classifying renewable energy

    • Tuesday, 9 March, 2021
      Martin Wolf
      Humanity is a cuckoo in the planetary nest

      It has fallen to our generation to take responsibility for the planet and here is how to do it

      James Ferguson illustration of Martin Wolf column ‘Humanity is a cuckoo in the planetary nest’
    • Friday, 11 December, 2020
      Renewable energy
      The costs of tackling climate change keep on falling

      Investments in a zero-carbon economy should boost economic growth

      Ingram Pinn illustration of Adair Turner story ‘The costs of tackling climate change keep on falling’
    • Thursday, 1 October, 2020
      Climate change
      China’s net-zero target is a giant step in fight against climate change

      All countries can now build systems at costs no higher than for fossil fuels

      A coal-fired power plant in Huainan. Action to cut emissions in the next decade is crucial
    • Friday, 20 March, 2020
      FT CollectionsBritain’s path on coronavirus
      Coronavirus: the moment for helicopter money

      Economic taboos are being broken to finance the huge government deficits needed to fight the crisis

      Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Treasury secretary, right, and his wife Louise Linton hold a 2017 50 subject uncut sheet of $1 dollar notes bearing Mnuchin's name for a photograph at the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. A change in the Senate tax-overhaul plan that would expand a temporary income-tax break for partnerships, limited liability companies and other so-called "pass-through" businesses won the endorsement of a national small-business group today. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
    • Thursday, 19 March, 2020
      Coronavirus
      We need tax breaks and direct grants to sectors hit by pandemic

      Even people with plenty of spare cash cannot go out and spend

    • Friday, 23 August, 2019
      Central banks
      Central banks have lost much of their clout

      Monetary policy is no longer enough to keep the economy on track

      Artwork for FTWeekend Comment - issue dated 24.08.19
    • Thursday, 22 November, 2018
      Renewable energy
      A zero-carbon economy is both feasible and affordable

      The issue is whether governments, industry and consumers are willing to do what is required

      Aerial photo Solar farm, solar panels
    • Tuesday, 11 September, 2018
      Global Economy
      After the crisis, the banks are safer but debt is a danger

      Economic recovery has been weak because of a massive growth in leverage

      An employee arranges genuine bundles of Chinese one-hundred yuan banknotes at the Counterfeit Notes Response Center of KEB Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. China's factory output and investment slowed somewhat in July, according to data released today, yet the yuan appeared not to take the data as negative, if in fact it's paying attention to it at all. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
    • Tuesday, 26 June, 2018
      Martin Wolf
      Work in the age of intelligent machines

      How do you organise a society in which few people do anything economically productive?

    • Friday, 3 November, 2017
      InterviewFT Alphaville
      A sit down with Adair Turner
    • Monday, 26 June, 2017
      Business Book Club podcast
      Business books podcast: ‘Between Debt and the Devil’

      Martin Wolf and the team discuss Adair Turner’s 2016 work

      Martin Wolf with his pick of business book by Adair Turner, "Between Debt and the Devil". For Life and Careers.
    • Wednesday, 17 May, 2017
      US & Canadian companies
      Adair Turner to chair Chubb’s European operations

      Former UK regulator joins Evan Greenberg’s expanding insurance empire

      Adair Turner Chairman of the Financial Services Authority...Adair Turner, chairman of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), pauses during an interview at the FSA headquarters in London, U.K., on Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. The U.K. government proposal to give the Financial Services Authority the power to nullify bonus contracts may be an unnecessary addition to the regulator's arsenal, lawyers said. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
    • Monday, 15 May, 2017
      UK banks
      Lord Adair Turner to quit OakNorth board for green energy ventures

      Former FSA chairman relinquishing role at specialist lender after only two years

      Lord Adair Turner, director of the Foundation for Science & Technology and former chair of the U.K. Financial Services Authority, listens during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. Turner discussed what Brexit may mean for both the city of London and financial services. Photographer: Christopher Goodney/Bloomberg
    • Monday, 3 April, 2017
      FT GuidesHow to overcome work challenges
      The business books to help you through turbulent times

      FT columnists offer up their top reads for bringing solace and advice

      Seminal text: Martin Wolf with his choice of business book
    • Tuesday, 11 October, 2016
      Investments
      City grandee backtracks over peer-to-peer lending

      Industry’s most ardent critic now says P2P lenders could be a ‘stable and secure’ industry sector

      NEW DELHI, INDIA - JANUARY 13: Adair Turner, former Chairman of Financial Services Authority on January 13, 2014 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Pradeep Gaur/Mint via Getty Images)
    • Tuesday, 11 October, 2016
      Investments
      We need tougher regulation, say peer-to-peer lenders

      Lenders call for ‘urgent’ curbs on fast-growing sector to avoid confusing consumers

      Illustration depicting a computer screen capture with a peer to peer concept.
    • Friday, 9 September, 2016
      Peer-to-peer lending
      Former Lloyds boss Eric Daniels joins Funding Circle board
    • Sunday, 17 July, 2016
      Capital markets
      Asset managers run risks in the rush into peer-to-peer loans

      The robustness of this fast-growing asset class is yet to be properly tested

      P2P
    • Thursday, 14 July, 2016
      FT AlphavilleKadhim Shubber
      Trouble in P2P paradise
    • Friday, 8 July, 2016
      Financial services
      FCA probes crowdfunding risks
    • Thursday, 16 June, 2016
      Lunch with the FT
      Lunch with the FT: Adair Turner

      Over sea bass and ravioli, the former head of the FSA talks about Brexit, his mistake with the euro and why George Osborne is ‘a bit of a gambler’

      Lunch with the FT illustration of Adair Turner by James Ferguson
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