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Tag Archives: Niall Ferguson
Niall Ferguson gives a historical perspective on the current financial crisis. — [VIDEO]
Fiscal Crises and Imperial Collapses: Historical Perspective on Current Predicaments. Presentation – PDF file. [Download this post to watch the video, if your feed reader does not show it to you.]
Posted in Economics, Finance, History, The Global Economy
Tagged economic crisis, economic history, financial crisis, History, Niall Ferguson, US economy, world economy
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Black Swan & Predicting World War I
The inspired John De Palma writes to me: With the TradeSports Saddam contracts, Justin Wolfers had it relatively easy in inferring the extent to which an anticipated war was built into financial market pricing. (Paper – PDF file). A similar … Continue reading