On air: Do you want banks to be good or just good at making money?

It’s a big statement from the man who effectively regulates Britain’s financial sector, and is supposed to be on the side of the banks: Lord Turner, the chairman of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in the UK thinks banks are “socially useless” and wants to tax them to stop excessive bonuses.

Can you ever rid a society of racism?

The furore over a video showing the racist treatment of black university campus workers in South Africa refuses to die down.