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It seems nice, that most of the academic economists don´t seem to be bought but rather seem to have a very clear sense of what direction future employment options are moving in ;-). (Obviously excluding SJ)
A close eye should be kept on this campaign. Remember, when Occupy Wall Street started no one ever thought that it would gather the momentum that it has: https://bit.ly/pVu04R
David Lazarus says
The bank fee revolt is the way for the customers to tell the banks that they will not stand for being ripped off any longer. People rarely change banks so banks fleece their customers, because they know that they will pay up. Not now it seems.
Headline for ftd.de(online version of FT-Germany):
https://www.ftd.de/politik/konjunktur/:kritik-an-der-finanzbranche-professoren-attackieren-wall-street/60117329.html
It seems nice, that most of the academic economists don´t seem to be bought but rather seem to have a very clear sense of what direction future employment options are moving in ;-). (Obviously excluding SJ)
A close eye should be kept on this campaign. Remember, when Occupy Wall Street started no one ever thought that it would gather the momentum that it has: https://bit.ly/pVu04R
The bank fee revolt is the way for the customers to tell the banks that they will not stand for being ripped off any longer. People rarely change banks so banks fleece their customers, because they know that they will pay up. Not now it seems.