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Nationalisation needs prudence and patience

By Andrew Hill

Published: January 20 2009 20:19 | Last updated: January 20 2009 20:19

They must be out of practice, but those in favour of rapid nationalisation are making some terrible arguments for sweeping British banks into public ownership. Here are the three worst:

1. I’ve started so I’ll finish.

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