ft.com - 11/4/2009
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The fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 was the defining economic event of our lifetime. It marked the end of the largest controlled experiment in the history of social sciences – the division of Germany into two economic zones, one centralised and planned, the other a market economy. After ...
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... If we are to understand where we are, we must understand where we have been, writes FT columnist Martin Wolf . This is particularly true if we are to escape from the huge fiscal deficits being run by many governments. These deficits are not the result of government stupidity; they are mainly a consequence of - and response to - private behaviour. We must not ignore this connection. John Kay: Chaotic evolution defines the market economy Markets are not a well-oiled machine: they are a constantly changing, adaptive biological system, writes the FT’s John Kay . Pluralism is ...
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