Prof Nicola Viegi deciphers the Nobel Prize winning research

Economic Research Southern Africa

Nov 15 2022 | 00:32:24

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Episode • November 15, 2022 • 00:32:24

Show Notes

In this podcast, ERSA’s host sits down with Prof. Nicola Viegi, the SARB Chair of Monetary Economics from the University of Pretoria, to discuss what this year’s Economics Nobel Prize winners (Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig) discovered. As knowledge evolves, this research delves into the role of banks in the economy during a […]

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