Bankers' bonuses: can they be justified?

Opponents say they fuel extravagant risk-taking, but bankers' bonus season is still a fixture on the financial calendar

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Bankers bonuses are on the political agenda once again, with Oxfam issuing a new warning on economic inequality as the world's business elite prepare to meet in Davos later this week.

Against that backdrop, Britain's financial institutions have been revealing how much they will be doling out in bonuses in the "biggest week in the City's calendar".

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