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Video files from LSE's spring 2011 programme of public lectures and events, for more recordings and pdf documents see the corresponding audio collection.
Grasshoppers, Ants and Locusts: the future of the world economy
Spring 2011 | Public lectures and events | Video
1 hour 33 minutes 19 seconds
14 years ago
Grasshoppers, Ants and Locusts: the future of the world economy
Contributor(s): Martin Wolf | The financial crisis was the product of an unstable interaction between ants (excess savers), grasshoppers (excess borrowers) and locusts (the financial sector that intermediated between the two). In view of this history, is the current recovery solidly built? Or do the weaknesses the crisis revealed remain pervasive? Martin Wolf is the associate editor and chief economics commentator at the Financial Times.
Spring 2011 | Public lectures and events | Video
Video files from LSE's spring 2011 programme of public lectures and events, for more recordings and pdf documents see the corresponding audio collection.