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Political history of the rearrangement of financial chairs [ps to previous post]
As a post-script to my previous blog on the UK history of the financial crisis, it’s possible to reflect that the carve out of the FSA in 1997 from the Bank of England, and the subsequent re-incorporation of [most of] … Continue reading
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The financial crisis was caused by lack of insight, not lack of institutions
I had an interesting exchange on Twitter this morning with Rupert Harrison, formerly George Osborne’s chief of staff, now Managing Director at Black Rock, and tweeting under his own name. He wondered out loud whether the financial crisis might have … Continue reading
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