Adair Turner, the new radical

At first glance, Adair Turner appears to be the technocrat’s technocrat. But his ideas have a strong whiff of revolutionary thinking

Adair Turner: in his new book, Between Debt and the Devil, he argues that society must kick its addiction to debt Picture: Bloomberg
Adair Turner: ‘The Germans are a drag anchor on what I think is a required relaxation of fiscal stances across Europe’ Picture: Pradeep Gaur/ Getty

Adair Turner – or Baron Turner of Ecchinswell, to give him his full title – is a rather unlikely revolutionary. A true technocrat, he has been a banker, a director of the McKinsey management consultancy, director-general of the Confederation of British Industry and head of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), ...