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Much-touted prosperity of the west was fake

Published: October 13 2008 03:00 | Last updated: October 13 2008 03:00

From Mr Jérôme Guillet.

Sir, The “savings glut” theory that Martin Wolf resurrects (October 9) is a dangerous attempt to find mitigating factors to what is the root cause of the financial crisis: the reckless dereliction of duty by central bankers, politicians and financial leaders.

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