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Economics

New Zealand’s Financial Crises Resilience

I have written multiple financial crises articles in the past but have yet to touch on my home turf, New Zealand. These tumultuous times make for quite the backdrop to finally highlight this nation. New Zealand found itself in quite an enviable position following the GFC due to a number of policy decisions that put […]

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Economics

William Black on Global Financial Stability

WILLIAM Black, former bank regulator and Professor of Economics and Law at the University of Missouri, witnessed first hand how banks took control of the banking system to commit fraud on a colossal scale. In his TED Talk from last year (watch it below) Black talks about “liar’s loans” and other tactics that the banks used to bring […]