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World Service,11 Feb 2014,55 mins

Should we accept the world's banks can do what they like?

World Have Your Say

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Barclays Bank have been criticised for cutting between 10,000 and 12,000 jobs on the same day it announced it was increasing the total paid in bonuses by 10% to £2.38bn. But should we accept that it's up to the banks to run themselves, and that, in a capitalist world, they are the keys to wealth creation?

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