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Former US central banker who bailed out banks during the 2008 financial crash is recognised for research on bank runs in the 1930s Depression

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Richard Thaler: ‘I became an academic because I’m not good at taking orders’

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Nobel winner: don’t just listen to economists with ‘stake in the system’

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