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Lessons from history VI – For and against short selling
In September 2008, amidst the worst weeks of the financial crisis, regulators throughout the world decided...
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Lessons from history V: Banking separation (3/3) Why Europe did not copy the Glass-Steagall Act?
The separation of investment and commercial banks was adopted by US Congress in 1933. Today, EU...
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Lessons from history IV: Banking separation (2/3). The true history of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933
The Glass-Steagall Act was adopted by US Congress in 1933. It separated investment banks and commercial...
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Lessons from history III: Banking separation (1/3) The Other Separation: the separation of Banking and Commerce in the United States
A good way to put the separation of investment and commercial banks into perspective is to...
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Lessons from history II: The “Thirty Maidens of Geneva” and the French Revolution
What do the banking crisis, the French revolution and the children of the 18th Century Swiss...
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4 reasons why banks and insurers can’t withstand the climate crisis without extra loss-absorption capacity
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