Let the people speak

Many bankers Euromoney has spoken to are fearful that anti-capitalist and anti-globalization protesters will severely disrupt this year’s IMF/World Bank meetings – and some even refuse to discuss the issue on the record because they don’t want to give the protesters the oxygen of publicity.

Sir Edward George, governor of the Bank of England, takes a different view. Yes, he says, many of the protesters deserve to

have their say and no, their presence won’t render the meetings obsolete.