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Multiple causation in history: the case of the Global Financial Crisis
18 Aug 2024

Multiple causation in history: the case of the Global Financial Crisis

by Simon Taylor | posted in: Course material, MFin | 0

Each year on the Master of Finance core course on Financial Institutions and Markets, I do a session on the Great Financial Crisis of 2007-09. One thing I emphasise is the many different causes of this highly influential event, which … Continued

China, GFC, history, regulation, USA
Why markets ignore sovereign debt ratings for the US
2 Aug 2023

Why markets ignore sovereign debt ratings for the US

by Simon Taylor | posted in: Economics, Finance sector, Key finance concepts | 0

Debt rating agencies have no particular expertise or special information on sovereign debt, especially for developed economies, so their views don’t matter * News that Fitch downgraded the US sovereign debt rating from AAA (the highest rating) to AA+ (the … Continued

credit, debt, risk, sovereigns, USA
What is geopolitics?
13 Apr 2023

What is geopolitics?

by Simon Taylor | posted in: International affairs | 2

Geopolitics has two related but distinct meanings * International politics, the relationship between states, is complicated. What are a nation’s interests? Determined by who? How do national politics affect foreign policy? Can technology transcend geography? How do culture and “national … Continued

China, Geography, Geopolitics, history, USA
Avoiding another Cold War
30 Mar 2023

Avoiding another Cold War

by Simon Taylor | posted in: International affairs | 1

A child’s enquiry about the Cold War brings back memories and raises concerns for the future * The other day a friend’s child asked me, what was the Cold War? Children ask about history all the time, but perhaps in … Continued

China, cold war, history, nuclear war, USA, USSR
The beginning of the end of the oil age
7 Apr 2021

The beginning of the end of the oil age

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

Some people who know me don’t believe it, but as a child I wasn’t interested in international politics. But, like most people in Britain in the 1970s, I knew the name of the Saudi oil minister, because he was a … Continued

energy, Geopolitics, global, oil, OPEC, USA

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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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