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25 Mar 2008 14:27

Study history, young man

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The UK's Financial Services Authority exams are required by anybody who wants to take an advisory role in finance. They do not contain a financial history component.

In the US, individuals wanting to sell securities are required to take the Series 7 exams. They have no financial history component.

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The current crisis might have been less severe if bankers, traders and fund managers knew more about previous bubbles. To qualify as financial professionals, they should have to pass exams quizzing them about the South Sea Bubble and the crash of 1929.

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