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India and China
20 Jun 2020

India and China

by Simon Taylor | posted in: Book recommendation, China, International affairs | 0

Recent news of increasingly lethal clashes on the long and disputed border between India and China raises a question, how have the two most populous nations on Earth previously mostly kept the peace? * “Good fences make good neighbours” Robert … Continued

China, Geography, Geopolitics, history, India, Vietnam
What has gone wrong with India?
30 Aug 2013

What has gone wrong with India?

by Simon Taylor | posted in: Course material, Finance sector, International affairs | 2

The fall in the Indian rupee in the last few weeks is a result of three things: i) a current account deficit that made the country vulnerable to a sudden exit of funds; ii) the inherent volatility and instability of … Continued

development, India, sovereigns
Financial repression: China versus India
12 Sep 2012

Financial repression: China versus India

by Simon Taylor | posted in: China, Course material, Economics, Finance sector | 1

Financial repression is a term used by economists which means the government taking ordinary people’s savings to achieve some goal, typically to pay for the government itself, by exploiting imperfections in the financial system. It is an indirect form of … Continued

China, financial repression, India, sovereigns

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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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