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Dec 2012
23m 14s

Economics: which way now?

OXFORD UNIVERSITY
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Dr Martin Ruhs introduces the Department's expanding portfolio of economics courses, in the context of the on-going debate about where economics is headed, starting with the world economic downturn. What were the causes of the global financial crisis and why did most economists fail to predict it? How should we regulate the global flows of capital, labour an ... Show More
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