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Radio Interview regarding Irish Banks

Prof McNutt has recently (November 22nd) been interviewed on RTE radio’s Sunday Morning show The Business with John Murray, talking about the Big Bank Paradox. More information about the Black Swan is in the relevant news item on this site, and a link to the RTE interview is below. RTE Radio Interview

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Big Bank Paradox: There is at least one black swan

Patrick McNutt advocated a big bank solution to the on going discussions on consolidation amongst the Irish banks. It is the only solution to ensure the long term sustainability of Irish banking in the EU and Ireland Inc’s competitive advantage in financial services. BigBankParadox (pdf)

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A Managed Exchange Rate Regime in 2009

Patrick McNutt of Manchester Business School addressing Alumni associations in Singapore and Hong Kong has called for a managed exchange rate regime to be on the agenda for the Summit scheduled in Washington DC on November 15th… Managed Exchange Rate (pdf)

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Critical Acclaim for McNutt’s Book

In a wide ranging review, David Bailey of King’s College, London, comments that [sic] ‘all in all, this is an interesting and thought provoking book; it provides a useful contribution to how economic analysis is used. In places it is akin to a patchwork quilt of ideas and case studies, but certain theme Review by […]

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Patrick McNutt addressing the UBP Hedge Fund in Geneva

Patrick McNutt addressed UBP’s Hedge Fund Conference in Geneva on May 28-29, 2008 on applying game theory to explain the current financial crisis. Signalling Cycle (pdf) Private Equity (pdf)

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