Lex on The War on Greed

Some bankers, poor darlings, feel persecuted by the baying mob. And indeed an inflated sense of entitlement is a failing common to much of the public too. In the UK, interest rate cuts since the start of the crisis have delivered the average £103,000 floating rate mortgage holder an annual saving of £4,635. Against that, the government estimates the net cost of bailing out the financial system at £10bn – or £400 per household. For many Britons, the crisis has also handed them a windfall. Just like the bankers they love to loathe, few see it that way