EMPIRE-BUILDERS of old claimed they were spreading Britain’s civilising influence. Similar explanations were offered when the London Stock Exchange (LSE) started welcoming mining firms from emerging economies. Listing in London would spur them to adopt British corporate-governance standards, inves
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