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Mervyn King

The British Academy Lecture: Crises, 1914–2014

Hay Festival 2014, 

1914 is the subject of many war books published in 2014. But 1914 also saw the biggest financial crisis in Britain until the events of 2008. The former Governor of the Bank of England compares 1914, 1931 and 2008 before joining Nick Stern in conversation, followed by an open Q&A.

Mervyn King