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The Reith Lectures - Niall Ferguson: The Rule of Law and Its Enemies:… - 2. The Darwinian Economy

Niall Ferguson reflects on the causes of the global financial crisis, and argues that many people have drawn the wrong conclusions from it about the role of regulation.

The eminent economic historian Niall Ferguson travels to the world's financial centre to deliver a lecture at the New-York Historical Society. He reflects on the causes of the global financial crisis, and argues that many people have drawn erroneous conclusions from it about the role of regulation. Is regulation, he asks, in fact "the disease of which it purports to be the cure"? Producer: Jane Beresford.

  • Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 10:15PM Sat, 30 Jun 2012
  • Available until 12:00AM Thu, 1 Jan 2099
  • First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 9:00AM Tue, 26 Jun 2012
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  • Duration 42 minutes

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