Mervyn King served as governor of the Bank of England from 2003 to 2013—which means that the worst global financial collapse since the Great Depression happened smack-dab in the middle of his watch. What better person to explain what caused that 2008 debacle and how to prevent a recurrence than this highly esteemed central banker—subsequently made a life peer by Queen Elizabeth—who was "present at the destruction" (King's own witticism) of the world's banking and financial system?
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