No one is innocent in financial crisis

If there was one place you thought you could turn to get away from the "greed" of Wall Street, it might be your Church. Unless, of course, you attend the Church of England. The Financial Times today reports that the Archbishops of Canterbury and York condemned short selling and other trading practices, only to have ...

By , International Crisis Group’s senior analyst for Colombia.

If there was one place you thought you could turn to get away from the "greed" of Wall Street, it might be your Church.

If there was one place you thought you could turn to get away from the "greed" of Wall Street, it might be your Church.

Unless, of course, you attend the Church of England.

The Financial Times today reports that the Archbishops of Canterbury and York condemned short selling and other trading practices, only to have it pointed out that their own investments were involved in those practices.

Further proof of what the Church has been teaching all along: we are all sinners.

Elizabeth Dickinson is International Crisis Group’s senior analyst for Colombia.

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