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Wednesday Reading
9th October 2008
Can it happen again? Ilian Mihov, Professor of Economics, INSEAD used to tell his students that the Great Depression could never happen again - now he is not so sure!
Asia’s revenge? Martin Wolf over at the Financial Times argues that it is time for comprehensive rescues of financial systems rather than a reactive piecemeal approach.
BoE takes a nuclear approach Edmund Conway at the Telegraph says that today’s rate cut was the MPC opting for a nuclear option
2009 will be tough Gary Duncan at the Times reports on a highly pessmistic IMF forecast for the UK economy in 2009
Where in the world am I? BBC news reports on an innovative plug-in for users of the open source web browser Firefox which detects the physical location of computers.
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.