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Lessons of history point to a short-lived rally

By John Authers

Published: August 15 2009 03:00 | Last updated: August 15 2009 03:00

The financial upheaval has been good news for financial historians.

Their discipline has not traditionally attracted much interest. Instead, investors went along with attempts to treat finance as a precise science.

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