Was the Global Financial System Better Prepared for a Pandemic Than the 2008 Financial Crash?

Lakeshore Public Media | By Lakeshore Public Radio

Published May 19, 2020 at 3:43 PM CDT

More than a decade ago the world witnessed the financial crises. In 2019, we hosted a debate on the motion “Ten Years After the Global Financial Crisis, the System Is Safer,” to assess how resilient markets would be in the future.

With the emergence of a global pandemic, this has put the debater’s arguments to the ultimate test – whose claims have been vindicated by this unprecedented event?

John Donvan is joined by two IQ2 alumni -- Jason Furman, and Gillian Tett – to debate whether the global financial system was better prepared for this pandemic after the 2008 financial crash.

Tune-in Wednesday night at 7 PM on LakeshorePublicRadio.org.

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