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Some recent books that help explain the world
28 Jan 2020

Some recent books that help explain the world

by Simon Taylor | posted in: Book recommendation, Course material, EMBA | 0

I see my job as trying to understand what is going on in the world of economics and finance, mainly by reading the research of others, and communicating it as best I can to others. It’s a privilege of my … Continued

inequality, Institutions, monopoly, poverty, US
What has the world economy ever done for us? – EMBA elective reading 2 (*)
14 Jan 2019

What has the world economy ever done for us? – EMBA elective reading 2 (*)

by Simon Taylor | posted in: China, Course material, Economics, EMBA, International affairs, MFin | 2

A lot of people in the richer economies appear doubtful that economic globalisation has been good for them. But there are hundreds of millions in the rest of the world for whom globalisation has been a critical part of their … Continued

China, EMBA, globalisation, growth, poverty

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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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