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Dec 2021
31m 28s

194 - What happens now?

DAVID MCWILLIAMS & JOHN DAVIS
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As we go into another quasi-lockdown, what does it mean for the economy. What as Covid done to our understanding of the economy, why is this so different and what is likely to happen to the economy and in financial markets which are already expensive.

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