HSBC leaks: If tax-dodging was ever considered acceptable, it certainly isn't now

The latest scandal to erupt within the world of high finance is beyond dispiriting. Yes, HSBC may no longer offer its wealthiest and stealthiest clients so much help in the field of tax dodging, but the disclosures of the past few days have done nothing to dent a widely held perception that the maintenance of economic inequality is the raison d’être of the banking sector.