Gresham College Lectures
Gresham College has been providing free public lectures since 1597, making us London's oldest higher education institution. This podcast offers our recorded lectures that are free to access from the Gresham College website, or our YouTube channel.
Gresham College Lectures
The Nature of Financial Risk
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Innovations in the financial world have led to the slicing up, repackaging and selling of risks. Does this spread risks better, or just move then around? When companies go bust, it is not the bankers who suffer, but the pensioners. Is this a better place for risks to end up? What determines...