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Bank of England Governor Mervyn King (right) arrives at the G20 meeting during the spring International Monetary Fund-World Bank meetings in Washington April 20, 2012
Thursday, May. 03, 2012

Open quoteKnowledge of financial history has been crucial and I wish I had turned to it sooner.Close quote

  • SIR MERVYN KING,
  • Governor of the Bank of England, conceding that he had been slow to understand the developing financial crisis in Britain
Photo: Yuri Gripas / Reuters | Source: Financial Times

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