Martin Vander Weyer has had a front row seat for some of the biggest economic developments of the last 50 years – both as a banker and as business correspondent for the Spectator.
His new book The Good, the Bad and the Greedy argues that scandals like the mis-selling of PPI and the fixing of Libor have eroded trust in enterprise, and that only a return to a kinder, more public-spirited corporate culture can fix it.
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It’s both a defence of entrepreneurship as an engine of human progress. and a criticism of a capitalist system that incentivises personal gain above all else.
He joined the CapX Podcast for a lively discussion that ranged from what Margaret Thatcher got wrong, to what it’s like to work for Boris Johnson.
One doesn’t like to be a disappointment to one’s parents. But in (at least) one crucial regard, I’ve let my dad down. He is a steam train enthusiast, and I’ve never shown a blind bit of interest. So it was more with filial duty than pleasure that I took the old man to the Didcot […]
How do you know this wasn’t written by an AI? If you’re reading CapX, you are presumably interested in free speech, critical thinking and originality. So you should care that what you’re reading was written by a person with a mind. But public life is becoming colonised with ‘copy’ generated by AI. It’s become so […]
Last week, the Community Security Trust’s (CST) report covering incidents between January and June 2026 showed alarming results. The unprecedented wave of antisemitism that started on October 7, 2023, when Hamas massacred and kidnapped over 1,200 people in Israel, shows no sign of easing. On the contrary. The 1,926 incidents recorded represent a 21% rise […]
