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When History is Ignored, Business Black Swans and the Use and Abuse of a Notion

In: Regulatory Failure and the Global Financial Crisis

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  • Graeme Dean
  • Frank Clarke

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This fascinating book presents a lively discussion of key issues resulting from the recent financial crisis. The expert contributors explore why the global financial crisis occurred, how it destroyed wealth, triggered mass unemployment and created an unprecedented loss of control on employment, monetary policy and government budgets.

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  • Graeme Dean & Frank Clarke, 2012. "When History is Ignored, Business Black Swans and the Use and Abuse of a Notion," Chapters, in: Mohamed Ariff & John H. Farrar & Ahmed M. Khalid (ed.), Regulatory Failure and the Global Financial Crisis, chapter 14, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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