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Duncan Weldon

Duncan Weldon is a partner in a fund management firm. He previously worked as an economist at the Bank of England before moving into fund management in 2006. He is an occasional market and economic commentator on CNBC and runs an economic blog.

    Challenging Finance Capital

    We should be challenging finance capital, not trying to save it. The current financial and economic crisis has, thankfully, not been as severe as the great depression. Lehman’s bankruptcy in September last year had the potential to be a Creditanstalt moment, heralding a wave of bank failures and complete economic collapse. Swift action from policy-makers [...]