Mervyn King (2016 Event)
Nearly a decade after the Great Recession of 2007-09, banking may have become one of the world’s less popular professions, but has the financial system itself actually changed much? If not, what corrections to banking and financial practice do we need? Former Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King discusses his insightful and important book, The End of Alchemy in this event recorded live at the 2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival.
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