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The Great Recession and the Failure of Financial Intermediation

Geoff Riley

2nd September 2016

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Our friends at Marginal Revolution have a new 12 minute video focusing on the failure of financial intermediation as a key root cause of the collapse of the UK housing market and the subsequent Global Financial Crisis. Well worth a look as part of your understanding of financial economics.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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