Crises fueled by bank runs, starting with the Great Depression, have had something in common: Unexpected changes spur bank failures, followed by general panic and then large-scale economic distress.
A family reacts to news of the father’s bankruptcy in a 19th century engraving.
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From the 1870s on, continual improvements in living standards became a birthright – not for everyone, but for humanity as a whole. King Charles III inherits a different future.
The Coalition’s debt truck from 2009, when net government debt was 6% of GDP – instead of the 30% of GDP it climbed to under the Coalition.
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The double standard goes back to 1929, when Labor had the misfortune to be elected 12 days before the Wall Street crash that set off the Great Depression.
In the 1970s, Britain briefly achieved peak equality.
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the International Financial Conference in Brussels in 1920 hoped to reset the global economic order after a disastrous world war and pandemic. It hold lessons for leaders today.
Bill Freund at his 70th birthday celebration.
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New Zealand’s 2020 budget must not only provide economic hope, it must balance the very different ideologies and aspirations of two earlier historic budgets.
A look back at history can help us consider the economic effects of public health emergencies and how best to manage them.
The pressure to fit family and personal commitments into the few hours between getting home and bedtime is arguably the main source of stress today.
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