An accessible history of capitalism and bank debt reaches disappointing conclusions
Seating plans are tricky matters.
Family tensions, past loves and potential awkward silences complicate decisions.
However, if this is difficult for family weddings it has the potential to be utterly fraught when governments gather together.
Family tiffs pale in comparison to the tension between adjacent prime ministers.
The European Union depends on such gatherings.
Leaders of governments, ministers and diplomats gather regularly to thrash out issues.
These occasions reach a…