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Article in I by IMD: “The Library of Mistakes: chapter and verse on financial disaster”

Russell Napier, the Keeper of the Edinburgh Library of Mistakes, published an article in I by IMD magazine. “He explains how the library, along with a recently opened branch in Lausanne, can help today’s generation of bankers and financiers avoid the pitfalls of the past.”

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It’s stealing money from old people slowly

Finanz und Wirtschaft’s Sylvia Walter sat down with Russell Napier, the Keeper of the Edinburg Library of Mistakes, to discuss his views on future financial repression and a likely shift from market-oriented towards command-style economic policies in the developed world.

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