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A Long Time In Finance
by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins
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The long view of finance, markets and money as seen by two veteran City editors, Neil Collins and Jonathan Ford, presented in partnership with The Library of Mistakes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.