Women and the credit crunch

I was driving from Bristol to Eastbourne on Saturday and listened to Weekend Woman's Hour on the way. There was an interesting item about the credit crunch, and the collapse of financial institutions. Gillian Tett from the Financial Times was arguing that women working in that area are more likely to think about the consequences of their actions and the impact they will have on other people than the men who are more likely to take bigger risks. What I found really interesting was her comment that the financial institutions who have both men and women working together actually do better. Men on their own maybe take too many risks; women on their own won't make so much money. But together they make the perfect team. You can listen to the item here:

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