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Study history, young man

13 March 2008 By Hugo Dixon

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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