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Global Financial Crisis – 2007-2009
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Black Wednesday – 1992
If there was one thing the Conservative Party cherished – and the British electorate admired
Soviet Economic Collapse – 1979-1991
The big winners to emerge from World War II were two superpowers that – like
Nikkei Bubble – 1990
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