Under the Counter

Spare some change, guv?When things aren’t going so well in life I find one of the most galling things is to be presented with the visible signs of others’ success. For instance, I remember reading an article a number of years ago about the good charity works of a certain fussily-bearded British TV presenter, which on close analysis appeared to consist of inviting disadvantaged children to his enormous house to let them look at his numerous cars. And with financial markets around the globe suffering badly, what better time could there be for one of the numerous financial lifestyle magazines to publish its list of the world’s most highly paid hedge fund managers? I am sure the readership, many of whom will no doubt be fretting about whether they will have jobs at all come Christmas time, will be overjoyed to learn that Paulson and Company’s John...