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“The four most dangerous words in finance are 'this time is different.' Thanks to this masterpiece by Carmen Reinhart at the University of Maryland and Kenneth Rogoff of Harvard, no one can doubt this again. . . . The authors have put an immense amount of work into collecting the data financial institutions needed if they were to have any chance of making quantitative risk management work.”

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Martin Wolf
Martin Wolf

Martin Wolf is an accomplished journalist, born in 1946. He is renowned for his in-depth economic analysis and commentary, serving as a columnist for the Financial Times. Wolf's reporting and commentary cover a wide range of global financial markets, international politics, and economic policies, having a profound impact on the global financial community. more

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