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Rekindling the spirit of 1944?
14 Feb 2014

Rekindling the spirit of 1944?

by Simon Taylor | posted in: Finance sector, International affairs | 0

The leader of one of our main international financial institutions argues that we need to remember and learn from the cooperative spirit in which the Bretton Woods international financial system was born in 1944. Unfortunately the creation and later success … Continued

imbalances, IMF, international finance
New evidence on the causes of the Eurozone problems
6 Feb 2014

New evidence on the causes of the Eurozone problems

by Simon Taylor | posted in: Course material, Economics, International affairs | 0

While the US and UK economies are both recovering quite decisively from their post-crisis recessions, the Eurozone is not. And unemployment is at appalling levels in much of “peripheral” Europe, particularly for young people. Current macroeconomic policy consists of low … Continued

Euro, imbalances, macro

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Simon is a member of the finance faculty group at Cambridge Judge Business School. From 2008-18 he was the first Director of the University of Cambridge Master of Finance (MFin) degree, and he is now Director of the University's Global Executive MBA. An economist and former equities analyst at JPMorgan and Citigroup, he teaches on financial markets and institutions, infrastructure finance and the world financial system. He is a Fellow in Economics at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. His book on nuclear power in the UK was published in March 2016.

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