Abstract: | Stones thrown through a banker's windows in Edinburgh, workers ‘bossnapping' executives in France, retrospective 90% tax rates proposed in Washington, and now a riot in London as G20 leaders arrived for their summit. Bankers who were once courted by politicans and businessmen find themselves scorned at parties, and financial workers in the City of London are advised by their companies to dress more casually to avoid angry crowds. A sea change in social attitudes that could have profound effects on politics and the world economy is under way. |