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This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly

Throughout history, rich and poor countries alike have been lending, borrowing, crashing–and recovering–their way through an extraordinary range of financial crises. Each time, the experts have chimed, “this time is different“–claiming that the old rules of valuation no longer apply … Continue reading

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Defaults

Leer En una muestra de 66 países de los cinco continentes, que representan el 90 por ciento del PBI mundial, se relevó que en el período 1800-1945 se registraron 127 episodios de default, con una duración promedio de 6 años. … Continue reading

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