Mervyn King

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Gordon Brown - Alistair Darling 

Mervyn King was governor of the Bank of England during the financial crisis

Man who started QE; Lord Mervyn King, now member of committee that slams QE.

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2021/07/man-who-started-qe-lord-mervyn-king-now.html 

Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England,is playing a game of chicken with the world’s most irresponsible industry. Sadly, he is losing.

Martin Wolf, Financial Times 21/9 2007

https://www.internetional.se/banks.htm#king


The alchemy is “the belief that money kept in banks can be taken out whenever depositors ask for it”

Central banks as pawnbrokers (pantlånare) of last resort. Martin Wolf, FT 31 May 2016

Central banks as pawnbrokers of last resort

I USA var så kallade National Banks länge förbjudna att lämna lån mot säkerhet i fastigheter. Banker skulle inte vara pantlånare.

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2025/07/james-grant.html


https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-alchemy-is-belief-that-money-kept.html

The End of Alchemy - Wikipedia

King is good at articulating what’s wrong with the global economy, not so good when it comes to solutions.

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2019/10/mervyn-kings-analysis-of-great.html

Mervyn King at IntCom

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