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24/12/2010

Tim Harford narrates 'A More or Less Christmas Carol', in which Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of banking past, present and future.

Tim Harford narrates "A More or Less Christmas Carol" in which Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of banking past, present and future.

Featuring interviews with: Andrew Haldane from the Bank of England; Simon Johnson, the former chief economist of the IMF; the MIT economist Andrew Lo; Gillian Tett, the author of Fool's Gold; the economist John Kay; the philosopher and consultant Jamie Whyte; and Angela Knight from the British Bankers' Association. Starring the cast of the Giant Olive Theatre Company (and Robert Peston).

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30 minutes

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Boxing Day 2010 20:00

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  • Christmas Eve 2010 13:30
  • Boxing Day 2010 20:00

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